Everdrone appoints Senior Medical Advisor to support continued expansion
Everdrone is strengthening its medical perspective by appointing specialist physician David Borkmann as Senior Medical Advisor. The appointment is a step in the company’s continued expansion in Sweden and Europe, where the need for medical expertise is growing in parallel with the development of new collaborations within emergency healthcare. The focus is on how drones can be used as an integrated tool in emergency medical care in both urban and rural settings.
“Healthcare needs to continue evolving with new technology that works in real-world conditions. Drones can become a natural complement in the emergency care pathway when minutes make a difference,” says David Borkmann, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
David Borkmann, newly appointed Senior Medical Advisor at Everdrone.
David Borkmann is a specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine and is based at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where he also works within pre-hospital critical care. The unit is staffed by anaesthetists and specialist nurses and is dispatched to the most critically ill and injured patients in situations where advanced intensive care would otherwise have had to wait until arrival at the hospital.
In his role as Senior Medical Advisor to Everdrone, David Borkmann contributes a strong end-user perspective and expertise on how drone technology can enable additional medical applications within emergency care, such as the delivery of defibrillators, adrenaline, or bleeding control kits, adapted to different geographic and organizational conditions. He will also support Everdrone in the prioritization and evaluation of medical use cases, and contribute to dialogues with healthcare providers and decision-makers.
“In cases of cardiac arrest, the evidence is clear, early CPR and defibrillation save lives. In practice, however, there are still many barriers, such as distance, accessibility, and time. Everdrone has an operational technology that can overcome these barriers,” says David Borkmann.
In addition to his experience in Sweden, David has worked as an air ambulance physician in Australia and, over the past year, with London’s Air Ambulance, a highly specialized service focused on severe trauma in one of Europe’s most complex urban environments.
“David’s unique experience working both in dense urban areas and in sparsely populated regions gives him a broad understanding of how pre-hospital care can be developed with new technology. This expertise is particularly important as Everdrone now enters its next phase and scales its solutions to additional regions and healthcare systems,” says Magnus Hallberg von Geijer, Chief Commercial Officer at Everdrone.
The appointment strengthens Everdrone’s ambition to develop and scale solutions that contribute to shorter response times, improved accessibility, and ultimately more lives saved within emergency medical care.
For more information, please contact:
Mats Sällström, CEO
Phone: +46 702 28 10 95
Email: mats@everdrone.com
About Everdrone
Everdrone AB is a leading provider of autonomous drone systems for emergency response and healthcare, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its proprietary technology enables the extremely rapid delivery of life-saving medical equipment—such as automated external defibrillators (AEDs)—directly to the scene, while also providing real-time video support to emergency dispatchers. Known for safe, regulatory-compliant operations in urban areas, the company collaborates with public authorities to integrate its systems with existing emergency infrastructure. Everdrone’s work has been featured in leading medical journals, including The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine, and gained international attention as the first to save a life using an autonomous drone. The company is expanding internationally, with pilot programs and collaborations across Europe. For more information, visit everdrone.com and follow Everdrone on LinkedIn.
