Everdrone Drone Used in Emergency Cardiac Arrest Response in Sweden

An auto­mat­ed exter­nal defib­ril­la­tor (AED) deliv­ered by Ever­drone’s drone sys­tem was used in response to a con­firmed out-of-hos­pi­tal car­diac arrest involv­ing a man in his 60s in Borås, Swe­den, on 19 July 2026. The drone was dis­patched as part of Väs­tra Göta­land Region’s (VGR) stan­dard emer­gency response and deliv­ered the AED to the scene of the inci­dent pri­or to ambu­lance arrival. The man regained a pulse at the scene and was sub­se­quent­ly treat­ed in hos­pi­tal.

“In cas­es of out-of-hos­pi­tal car­diac arrest, the first few min­utes are crit­i­cal. Ever­drone’s drone sys­tem helps health­care providers get an AED to the scene as ear­ly as pos­si­ble, giv­ing the patient the best pos­si­ble chance of sur­vival,” says Mats Säll­ström, CEO of Ever­drone.

Fol­low­ing an emer­gency call to SOS Alarm, the drone was dis­patched from its local base in Borås and deliv­ered the AED direct­ly to the scene pri­or to ambu­lance arrival. Bystanders imme­di­ate­ly start­ed CPR and attached the AED with guid­ance and sup­port from the emer­gency dis­patch­er. The AED analysed the patien­t’s heart rhythm, and a defib­ril­la­tion shock was deliv­ered. The sub­se­quent med­ical response was pro­vid­ed by the ambu­lance ser­vice and the oth­er emer­gency respon­ders.

“Every time our drone sys­tem is used in a real emer­gency, it rein­forces the val­ue of inte­grat­ing drones into emer­gency med­ical ser­vices. The drone com­ple­ments ambu­lances and oth­er emer­gency resources by deliv­er­ing life-sav­ing equip­ment dur­ing the most crit­i­cal min­utes,” says Mats Säll­ström.

The response formed part of Väs­tra Göta­land Region’s oper­a­tional emer­gency drone pro­gramme, which inte­grates autonomous drones into the stan­dard emer­gency response for sus­pect­ed car­diac arrests. The drones are dis­patched auto­mat­i­cal­ly in par­al­lel with ambu­lances to reduce the time tak­en to deliv­er life-sav­ing equip­ment.

“Our sys­tem, Drone Emer­gency Med­ical Ser­vices (DEMS), is unique and cur­rent­ly oper­ates in Swe­den and France. This inci­dent fur­ther demon­strates its poten­tial to help save more lives, and we hope it will raise greater aware­ness of drones as a valu­able com­ple­ment to emer­gency med­ical ser­vices,” says Mats Säll­ström.

The ser­vice is oper­at­ed joint­ly by Väs­tra Göta­land Region and Ever­drone. Six oper­a­tional drone bases pro­vide cov­er­age for more than 300,000 res­i­dents in the region as part of a long-term ini­tia­tive to reduce the time before life-sav­ing treat­ment for out-of-hos­pi­tal­car­diac arrest. The inci­dent in Borås demon­strates how drone tech­nol­o­gy can be inte­grat­ed into rou­tine emer­gency med­ical ser­vices.

Ever­drone’s sys­tem cur­rent­ly has six oper­a­tional drone bases in the Väs­tra Göta­land region, cov­er­ing more than 300,000 res­i­dents. Addi­tion­al deploy­ments are already oper­a­tional in france, with oth­ers being launched in the Stock­holm region this autumn.

Thomas Sleightholm

Thomas is a con­tent writer for eVTOL Insights, cov­er­ing all aspects of the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty ecosys­tem. Got a sto­ry for him? Please send an email to editorial@evtolinsights.com

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