EMS drone delivery, when minutes decide the outcome

The stakes

Medical logistics, built for the clock

A transfer that takes an ambulance an hour can take a drone minutes. The Aureum AC-16 droneport carries temperature-controlled storage, redundant monitoring, and backup power, and is built to stand up the same day.

A technician checking a labeled blood bag at a cold-storage unit.
The evidence

Why it matters

U.S. Government Accountability Office · 2023

3.4 to 23.9 mi

A government analysis found that when a rural hospital closes, the median distance to the nearest hospital with inpatient care rises from 3.4 miles to 23.9 miles. U.S. Government Accountability Office

Lancet Global Health · 2022

139 to 41 min

Drone blood delivery in rural Rwanda cut median delivery time from an estimated 139 minutes by road to 41 minutes, and reduced blood-product expirations by 67% at the facilities served. Lancet Global Health

Applications

Where it goes to work

Cold chain

Blood, vaccines, biologics

Temperature-controlled storage with redundant monitoring and backup power, sized for time-critical medical payloads.

Rural EMS

Reach where roads are slow

Open a medical air route where ground response stretches well past the clinical window.

Infrastructure matched to the mission
Droneport Vertiports

FAQ

Q

What medical payloads can Aureum infrastructure support?

The Aureum AC-16 droneport carries temperature-controlled storage with redundant monitoring and backup power, sized for blood, vaccines, biologics, and time-critical medical payloads. Air payload capacity depends on the drone platform deployed.

Q

Can Aureum infrastructure serve a hospital or EMS agency with no existing airport?

Yes. The Aureum AC-16 droneport is designed to arrive and stand up the same day, with no airport or vertiport required, so a hospital or EMS agency can run a medical air route where fixed infrastructure never reached.

Q

What does research show about drone delivery for medical logistics?

A Lancet Global Health study found drone blood delivery in rural Rwanda cut median delivery time from an estimated 139 minutes by road to 41 minutes, and reduced blood-product expirations by 67% at the facilities served.

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