DDC SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES PHASE ONE OF AED ON THE FLY PILOT WITH PEEL REGION PARAMEDICS
Toronto, ON, June 26, 2019 - Drone Delivery Canada ‘DDC or the Company’ (TSX.V:FLT, OTC – NASDAQ INTL:TAKOF) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed phase one of its AED (automated external defibrillator) On The Fly Pilot with Peel Region Paramedics and achieved 100% success rate concluding that utilizing DDC’s proprietary drone delivery platform to enable rapid first responder technology via drone produces reduced response time.
The Pilot was to determine the effectiveness of delivery of an AED via drone versus a traditional ambulance. To determine this, phase one of the Pilot consisted of simulating 911 emergency calls in the Township of Caledon in the Region of Peel dispatching DDC’s Sparrow drone equipped with specialized first responder payload that included an automated external defibrillator. The delivery time of the drone was then compared against the traditional dispatching of first responder paramedics. Several staged 911 calls were then executed and, in all cases, DDC’s Sparrow drone arrived on-site ahead of the traditional first responder vehicles. DDC’s Sparrow was able to reduce response times on all calls making the pilot a great success.
“This partnership between DDC and Peel Regional Paramedic Services is ground breaking. The program utilizes DDC’s proprietary drone delivery platform to enable rapid first responder technology via drone with the goal to reduce response time and potentially save lives. We look forward to the next phase to bring this vertical closer to commercialization.”, commented Michael Zahra, CEO of Drone Delivery Canada.
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes, Medical Director at Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine and the Principal Investigator of the AED on the Fly Pilot Research program comments “Phase 1 of our research was an impressive success. We were able to demonstrate that drone technology to deliver AED’s for cardiac arrest is not only feasible but has the potential to reduce response times and improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.” “We will continue to work with DDC to ensure a simple and smooth transition from drone landing to bystander retrieval and use of an AED moving forward.”
The Company has released a video documenting the first phase trials, watch video below.
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About Drone Delivery Canada
Drone Delivery Canada is a drone technology company focused on the design, development and implementation of its proprietary logistics software platform, using drones. The Company’s platform will be used as Software as a Service (SaaS) for government and corporate organizations.
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. is a publicly listed company trading on the TSX.V Exchange under the symbol FLT, on the U.S. OTC Q X market with Nasdaq International Designation under the symbol TAKOF and on the Frankfurt exchange in Germany under the symbol A2AMGZ.
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Richard Buzbuzian, Capital Markets, Telephone: (647) 501-3290, Email: richard@dronedeliverycanada.com
Bill Mitoulas, Investor Relations, Telephone: (416) 837-7147, Email: billm@dronedeliverycanada.com
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