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  • Emergency Medicine
  • Operations Research
  • Public Health

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  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) demands rapid emergency medical services, which traditional systems struggle to provide efficiently.
  • Integrating drones with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) offers a potential solution for faster on-scene resuscitation.
  • Optimizing the placement of these drone systems is crucial for maximizing their effectiveness and minimizing costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate an optimized drone siting strategy for sudden cardiac death (SCD) first aid.
  • To improve OHCA survival rates through rapid drone-based defibrillation.
  • To minimize the overall system cost of emergency response.

Main Methods:

  • An integer planning model was developed for SCD first aid drone siting, incorporating a set covering model with system stability as a key constraint.
  • Rescue time and total system cost were primary considerations in the model.
  • An improved immune algorithm was employed to solve the drone siting problem for 300 simulated OHCA locations in Tianjin, China.

Main Results:

  • 25 drone siting points were identified in Tianjin, effectively covering 300 simulated demand points.
  • The average and maximum rescue times were 127.18s and 296.99s, respectively.
  • The optimized system demonstrated a 42.22% improvement in stability, with reduced siting point concentration and better distribution.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed SCD emergency system, utilizing an improved immune algorithm, effectively optimizes drone deployment.
  • The post-improvement algorithm solution resulted in lower costs and enhanced system stability compared to pre-improvement methods.
  • This approach offers a more efficient and stable emergency response system for OHCA incidents.