Battery type: AG3 Battery 392A SR41SW LR736 392 SR736 1.5V Alkaline Button Batteries Coin Cell for Watch
Brand: PKCELL
Model: 1.5V AG3 Alkaline Button Battery
Capacity: 35mAh
Voltage: 1.5V
Size: 7.85mm * 3.5mm
Chemistry: Alkaline Button Battery
Application: Laser Pointer, Hearing Aids, Insulin Pumps, Heart Rate Monitor, Watches, Cameras, Calculators, Car Security Alarms, Keyless Car Remotes, Organizers, Glucometer, Computer Equipment (memory backup battery) CMOS, Toys, Communication Equipment, data pack for video cameras, and other devices that requires this battery size
May also know as: AG3, 384 392 192 SR41 G3 RW87 LR1120 V3GA GP92A L736, SR41W, SR41SW, SR41, SR736, S736E, V392, 392A, 92A, D392,192, GP392, L736, LR736, G3, G3A, V3GA , V36A, LR41, GP192, D384, V384, SP384, 247D, 247, CX41, K, RW87, 280-13, SB-B1
Package included: 10pcs AG3 Battery
Risks and injuries
Button batteries are a little known but severe injury risk for children. Every week, around 20 Australian children present to an emergency department following exposure to button batteries, including ingestions and insertions. Incidents are most common among very young children and toddlers, with the majority of cases involving children younger than six years.
If swallowed, coin-sized button batteries can lodge in a child’s gastrointestinal system. An electrical current is immediately triggered by saliva, which causes a chemical reaction that can cause severe burns to the child’s oesophagus and internal organs such as the lungs, heart, arteries and spine. This can take only a few hours, resulting in serious injury or death. These injuries can occur even if the battery that is swallowed is flat.
Once burning begins, damage can continue even after the battery is removed and repairing the damage can be painful and may require multiple surgeries.
Symptoms that may occur after swallowing a button battery include:
- gagging or choking
- drooling
- chest pain (this may present as grunting)
- coughing or noisy breathing
- unexplained vomiting or food refusal
- bleeding from the gut: black or red vomits or bowel motions
- nose bleeds – sometimes this can be blood vomited through the nose
- unexplained fever.
These symptoms are similar to many other conditions and may not appear for some time, so it may not be suspected that the child has swallowed a battery.
Safe use
- Keep products with button batteries out of sight and out of reach of small children.
- Examine devices and make sure a child cannot gain access to the batteries inside.
- Dispose of used button batteries immediately. Flat batteries can still be dangerous.
- If you suspect a child has swallowed a button battery, contact the Poisons Information Centre on 13 1126 and you will be directed to the nearest hospital or emergency service that can manage the injury.
- Do not let the child eat or drink and do not induce vomiting.
- Tell others about the risk associated with button batteries and how to keep their children safe.