To learn more about the portable power supply effectiveness of the power system, the Air Mobility Battlelab staff held a five-day concept demonstration at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., with members of the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation portable power supply　Squadron. Through the demonstration, they worked to meet four objectives to include using the power system to support medical equipment during standard missions for both aeromedical evacuations and CCATT, to support pre-flight check requirements for aeromedical portable power supply evacuation equipment, and assess the suitability of the system’s technical instructions and training.
"Overall, the PEPSAE demonstrated it was capable of powering up to four litters of CCATT medical equipment for more than 12 hours -- a great result," Sergeant Allain said. "The system is lighter and provides significant advantages to the current system in use. Feedback from questionnaires filled out helped us to look at possible improvements for the system. The contractor, Jadoo, has responded with plans for a next generation PEPSAE."
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Lathrop, the Air Mobility Battlelab commander, recommended the initiative be adopted by AMC. "PEPSAE promises to provide a continuous power capability of any duration to CCATT medical equipment from field hospital to aircraft to main base hospital giving critical care patients overall superior care," Colonel Lathrop said.
portable power supply Termed the Portable Electronic Power Supply for Aeromedical Evacuations, or PEPSAE, initiative, it addresses a problem of heavy and cumbersome avionic frequency converters used to power medical equipment on aeromedical evacuation missions.
"Besides being heavy -- almost "portable power supply 80 pounds -- the avionic converters pose possible electrical sparking and tripping hazards from the electrical cable assembly systems," said Master Sgt. Eric Allain, the project officer for the portable power supply　PEPSAE initiative. "With our initiative, our proposed solution was to provide a small, portable, reliable, lightweight, zero-emission and spark resistant AC/DC power supply to each patient’s medical portable power supply　equipment without the use of the aircraft power systems." " |
