Peer-reviewed Publications

Challenges & barriers for real-time integration of drones in emergency cardiac care: Lessons from the United States, Sweden, & Canada

Jessica K. Zègre-Hemsey, Sheldon Cheskes, Anna M. Johnson, Wayne D. Rosamond, Christopher J. Cunningham, Evan Arnold, Sofia Schierbeck, Andreas Claesson. Challenges & barriers for real-time integration of drones in emergency cardiac care: Lessons from the United States, Sweden, & Canada. … Read more

Impact of Using Drones in Emergency Medicine: What Does the Future Hold?

Impact of Using Drones in Emergency Medicine: What Does the Future Hold? Johnson AM, Cunningham CJ, Arnold E, Rosamond WD, Zègre-Hemsey JK. Impact of Using Drones in Emergency Medicine: What Does the Future Hold? Open Access Emerg Med. 2021 Nov … Read more

Drone Delivery of an Automated External Defibrillator

Rosamond WD, Johnson AM, Bogle BM, Arnold E, Cunningham C, Picinich M, Williams W, Zègre-Hemsey JK. Drone Delivery of an Automated External Defibrillator. N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 17;383(12):1186-1188. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1915956. LINK

Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators via Drones in Simulated Cardiac Arrest: Users’ Experiences and the Human-Drone Interaction

Zègre-Hemsey JK, Grewe ME, Johnson AM, Arnold E, Cunningham C, Bogle BM, Rosamond WD.  Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators via Drones in Simulated Cardiac Arrest: Users’ Experiences and the Human-Drone Interaction. Resuscitation. 2020 Dec;157:83-88. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.10.006. LINK

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest bystander defibrillator search time and experience with and without directional assistance: a randomized simulation trial in a community setting

Johnson AM, Cunningham C, Grewe ME, Zègre-Hemsey JK, Rosamond WD. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest bystander defibrillator search time and experience with and without directional assistance: a randomized simulation trial in a community setting. Simulation in Healthcare. February 2022 – Volume 17 … Read more

The Case for Drone-assisted Emergency Response to Cardiac Arrest: An Optimized Statewide Deployment Approach

Bogle BM, Rosamond WD, Snyder KT, Zègre-Hemsey JK. The Case for Drone-assisted Emergency Response to Cardiac Arrest: An Optimized Statewide Deployment Approach. N C Med J. 2019;80(4):204-212. doi: 10.18043/ncm.80.4.204. LINK

Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) by Drones: Implications for Emergency Cardiac Care

Zègre-Hemsey JK, Bogle B, Cunningham CJ, Snyder K, Rosamond W. Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) by Drones: Implications for Emergency Cardiac Care. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep. 2018;12. pii: 25. doi: 10.1007/s12170-018-0589-2.