Our Mission

When a soldier is wounded on a battlefield, every minute counts. Field medics can try to minimize the bleeding, but due to the nature of combat they lack necessary equipment and the sanitized environment required for surgery. Without evacuation to a proper medical facility, many patients will simply bleed to death, sometimes over the course of several hours.

Fatal outcomes have become more common as improved anti-air defense systems can delay helicopter evacuations for extended periods of time. If ambulances cannot reliably navigate the war-torn infrastructure, then the wounded must be carried away on stretchers. Each of these delays in care can prove fatal. At the moment of injury a clock began ticking, and when time runs out a life will be lost.

At the AeroMed Lab, we improve survivability by increasing the time an individual has to receive medical care. By leveraging recent improvements in artificial intelligence, lighter batteries, and blood storage technology, we can innovate autonomous drones with great range and speed. Such drones are small and nimble enough to slip through the battlefield and deliver bags of whole blood directly to the wounded. With simple blood transfusions, minutes of life can be extend to hours, and hours of life can potentially be extended by days.

The gravity of this task is well understood by our laboratory, as each delivery we make is the most important mission of our life. Nothing less than excellence will suffice.

Preventable Deaths

According to the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Manual maintained by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), 76% of preventable deaths in their study were caused by blood loss. These are soldiers who’s lives could have potentially been saved had they received a simple transfusion of whole blood.

Each of these lives are an enormous loss to our nation. These are fathers, brothers, sisters, and mothers. These are people who’s lifetime of contributions to society have been ripped away. Each one was a unique human who’s absence has left an unfillable void in our communities and our institutions.

The preventability of these deaths makes them all the more tragic. This is why we at the AeroMed Lab have devoted our time and our resources to solving this problem. There is real worth in our work, and there is real reward in what we do.

FAQ

  • Existing drone delivery platforms are focused on the civilian market. These civilian delivery drones are quite slow, and lack the maneuverability required to survive on a battlefield. Furthermore, these existing drone platforms cannot navigate comfortably in tight urban environments, as they are designed to fly high above buildings rather than through them.

  • Like all operations on a battlefield, there is some risk involved in kinetic delivery. However, the AeroMed Lab has developed numerous safety protocols and best practices that, when followed correctly, dramatically reduce this risk. Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns about our systems, or if you have suggestions for how we can improve our safety procedures.

  • Yes! While our mission is primarily focused on whole blood delivery, drones can carry anything from bandages and medicine to food and spare parts. Our kinetic delivery system can be modified to account for many weight distributions and impact force requirements as is needed.

  • Due to government regulations, our operations are currently limited to conflict zones. However, there may be opportunity to expand into civilian markets should there be sufficient public interest.

  • Yes! If you’re interested in working for the AeroMed Lab, please email us your resume or CV. Our team is growing quickly, and we love meeting new people.