Are you ready for Ambulance Drones?

[enlightenment]

3. No - but

my dad lived an extra seven years because a highway patrolman had been trained in the use of one and had it in his car. I am familiar with how they work, particularly after that event (as a family, we gave, as a thank-you, an additional unit to the hwy patrol in the county because they only had one).

I'm not debating the usefulness of the tool - I'm suggesting that the scenario, as played out, is possibly less than efficacious. Please remember that it is possible to be critical of an idea without dismissing it out of hand. Criticism leads to thinking about draw-backs to a plan and usually makes a better "product" in the end.

I would like to see a return to training people in basic/intermediate first aid. You can take classes, but in most places they are expensive and hard-to-find. When I was growing up, they taught the basics in high school gym class, but by the time my son was in high school, that was a distant memory. First responders are an important part of the tool kit - but someone completely untrained may be more of a problem than a help.