Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100035, PR China.
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Beijing Fengtai You Anmen Hospital, Beijing 100069, PR China.
Injury. 2024 Sep;55(9):111724. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111724. Epub 2024 Jul 25.
Severe burns related to fires and explosions of lithium-ion batteries of electric motorcycles have not been reported to date. We retrospectively studied 419 patients admitted to our burn intensive care unit from January 2016 to December 2021. Of these 419 patients, 26 (22 male, 4 female; median age, 42 years) had burns related to lithium-ion battery fires and explosions, and all of their injury characteristics were similar to those of traditional flame burns. Lithium-ion battery-related burns were the eighth most common cause of burn injuries among all hospitalized patients. The 26 patients comprised 10 unemployed and 16 employed individuals. Twenty-three patients were injured at home during the battery charging process, and three were injured outdoors (one by a fire while the electric motorcycle was stationary and the others two by a fire while riding the motorcycle). The burn sites were distributed over the whole body; the burn area ranged from 10 % to 100 % of the total body surface area, and the burn depth ranged from superficial second-degree burns to third-degree burns. Twenty-three patients had inhalation injuries, and ten underwent prophylactic tracheostomy and intubation. Multiple operations were required for wound repair. Although convenient, lithium-ion electric motorcycles can also cause severe burns. To prevent these injuries, we must increase public safety awareness and education, develop new battery energy storage systems and battery management systems, and ensure the safety of batteries. Consumers should be aware of the potential dangers of lithium-ion batteries and comply with related security measures.
目前尚未有关于锂离子电池引发的电动摩托车火灾和爆炸导致的严重烧伤的报道。我们回顾性研究了自 2016 年 1 月至 2021 年 12 月期间收治于我院烧伤重症监护病房的 419 例患者。在这 419 例患者中，有 26 例（22 名男性，4 名女性；中位年龄为 42 岁）因锂离子电池火灾和爆炸而烧伤，且所有患者的损伤特征均与传统火焰烧伤相似。锂离子电池相关烧伤是所有住院患者烧伤损伤的第八大常见原因。26 例患者中，10 例为无业人员，16 例为在职人员。23 例患者在充电过程中于家中受伤，3 例在户外受伤（1 例为电动摩托车静止时发生火灾，另外 2 例为骑行时发生火灾）。烧伤部位分布于全身；烧伤面积为 10%~100%总体表面积，烧伤深度为浅二度至深三度。23 例患者合并吸入性损伤，10 例行预防性气管切开和插管。需要多次手术进行创面修复。尽管锂离子电动摩托车使用方便，但也可能导致严重烧伤。为了预防这些损伤，我们必须提高公众安全意识和教育水平，开发新的电池储能系统和电池管理系统，并确保电池安全。消费者应意识到锂离子电池的潜在危险，并遵守相关安全措施。
