Publications

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.

Presentations

• Aerial Drone Versus Ground Search for Delivery of an AED for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

  Rosamond WD, Johnson AM, Bogle B, Arnld E, Cunningham C, Picinich M, Williams B, Zègre-Hemsey JK. Aerial Drone Versus Ground Search for Delivery of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) For Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Comparison of Elapsed Time and Bystander … Read more

• American Heart Association meeting of the N.C. Board of Directors meeting

  Rosamond WD. American Heart Association meeting of the North Carolina Board of Directors meeting. February, 2020. Raleigh, NC.

• A Feasibility Study to Assess Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators via Drones

  Zègre-Hemsey JK, Grewe ME, Johnson AM, Bogle B, Arnold E, Rosamond WD. Abstract No. 13018. A Feasibility Study to Assess Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators via Drones – Observations of Users’ Experiences and the Human-Drone Interaction. American Heart Association Scientific … Read more

• UNC Chancellor and UNC Board of Governors Meeting

  Rimer B. UNC Chancellor and UNC Board of Governors Meeting. May, 2019. Chapel Hill, NC.

• Results of translational research grant project exploring public health use of aerial drones

  Rosamond WD. Results of translational research grant project exploring public health use of aerial drones.  UNC Department of Epidemiology Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar. Chapel Hill, NC. April 2, 2019.

• UNC School of Nursing Departmental Seminar

  Zegre-Hemsey J. UNC School of Nursing Departmental Seminar. Chapel Hill, NC. 2019.

• Predicted Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Optimally Designed Drone-Delivered AED Networks in North Carolina: Predicted Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness

  Bogle BM, Rosamond WD, Snyder KT, Zègre-Hemsey JK. (2018). Predicted Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Optimally Designed Drone-Delivered AED Networks in North Carolina: Predicted Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness. International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology.  Park City, UT. April 2018.

• UNC School of Nursing Departmental Seminar

  Zegre-Hemsey J. UNC School of Nursing Departmental Seminar. Chapel Hill, NC. 2018.

• Emergency Medical Drones: A Vision of the Future

  Rosamond WD. Emergency Medical Drones: A Vision of the Future. Delivery of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) by Drones.  UNC SPH Advisory Council. SAS Institute, Raleigh NC, (This presentation was scheduled for September, 2018 but was canceled due to a hurricane. … Read more