Journal article
Using lithium ion batteries in the aeromedical environment: A calculated risk?
Emergency Medicine Australasia, Vol.27(2), pp.160-164
2015
Abstract
Lithium ion batteries are increasingly utilised within helicopter emergency medical services. Their favourable chemical profile confers many desirable properties: they are small, lightweight and provide a high specific capacity (energy to weight ratio) coupled with a slow self-discharge rate, ensuring a longer functional availability for vital equipment. They are frequently used in routine medical equipment including ventilators, monitors and intravenous pumps, and in aviation specific items, such as satellite and mobile phones, VHF radios and navigation systems.
Details
- Title
- Using lithium ion batteries in the aeromedical environment: A calculated risk?
- Authors
- Andrew Haggerty (Author) - CareFlight Medical Services Sunshine CoastSean Keogh (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Emergency Medicine Australasia, Vol.27(2), pp.160-164
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1111/1742-6723.12359
- ISSN
- 1742-6731
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450073202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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