title: Using lithium ion batteries in the aeromedical environment: a calculated risk?
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.
authors: CareFlight Medical Services Sunshine Coast Base, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Haggerty
authors: Sean
authors: S
authors: Keogh
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D011211:Electric Power Supplies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium; D010360:Patient Transfer
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium
keywords: helicopters; patient monitoring; prehospital emergency care