The Royal Flying Doctor Service is investigating the possibility of using drone technology to give people in remote Queensland quicker access to life-saving medical care.
The drones will be used to service vast areas of outback Queensland, that the RFDS would have trouble getting to.
The service would be used to deliver emergency supplies such as anti-venom or insulin.
RFDS Head of Clinical Governance, Trent Dean, says “We looked at things like how can we use drones to deliver medication to remote properties, how can we deliver lifesaving equipment as a first response, how can we use drones to do survey mapping for landing strips, record video and audio for teams on the ground. Our goal is to have something up and running within the next 12 months, so this is the start of a conversation.”