Miss. EMS drones to the rescue

You've just exited a scenic mountain road when coming up on a tourist bus that was tipped over. After calling 911, you search the car for supplies when a flashing light appears overhead. You look to see a helping hand - an EMS response octo-copter drone drops down from above. It has been automatically guided to the location using a smartphone's GPS. Such a futuristic scenario will become reality if Dr. Italo Subbarao, senior associate dean at William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Miss., has anything to say about it. In December, Subbarao and a medical student demonstrated how two disaster drones they developed could deliver 'telemedical' packages to victims and rescue personnel in a simulated mass casualty event. EMS response drones can land places EMS ground vehicles either can’t get to or take too long. (Source: NBC News 01/12/17)