Drones for casualty recovery

Will drones become more common in casualty rescue?

Wider use is expected because uncrewed recovery can reduce exposure of rescuers, although getting the casualty aboard remains a limitation.

A reported recent example from Ukraine prompts the question, although its details are not established here. The general advantage is moving a casualty without sending additional people into the same danger. The casualty may still need enough mobility to board or position themselves. Robotic lifting and patient-handling systems are suggested as a technology that could eventually address that limitation.