BMET-212 Biomedical Instrumentation II

In this theoretical-practical course, students will utilize electronic and mechanical principles for maintenance and repair of biomedical equipment (electro-mechanical, clinical lab, ultrasonics, patient monitoring, x-ray, and radiation). Students will be in a simulated clinical setting where they will perform on-site repairs and preventative maintenance.

Credits

Prerequisite

BMET-211

Hours Weekly

4 hours lecture, 3 hours lab weekly

Course Objectives

1. Use proper management tools to accomplish tasks that are essential to department certification.
2. Demonstrate how individual pieces of instrumentation are combined to form systems throughout the
hospital.
3. Describe the operating principals of biomedical instrumentation systems in the hospital.
4. Formulate the ethics required when performing in the patient care environment.
5. Understand physiological functions being monitored or duplicated.
6. Use the specify tests to check out instrumentation against manufacturers recommended specifications.
7. Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on various biomedical instrumentation systems
encountered in the hospital setting.
8. Interface the various biomedical systems correctly in terms of information correctness and safety.
9. Apply the basic operating principles of non-electronic devices incorporating fluidic or pneumatic
principles to accomplish biomedical functions.
10. Use terminology when relating to either anatomical or equipment functions.
11. Discuss the operation of various D/A and A/D converters currently in use with today’s technology.
12. Expand new technologies into current theories such as cat scan, MRI, linear accelerators and pet units.
13. Determine the closed loop environment currently employed and measure various systems such as air
flows, hazardous components, pressures and laws governing the environment.
14. Interface with other professionals to ensure proper operating procedures.
15. Operate various biomedical instrumentation calibrations devices used as standards such as ECG,
respiration, renal and neurological simulators.
16. Perform in highly hazardous situations and be cognizant of potential future problems.

Course Objectives

1. Use proper management tools to accomplish tasks that are essential to department certification.
2. Demonstrate how individual pieces of instrumentation are combined to form systems throughout the
hospital.
3. Describe the operating principals of biomedical instrumentation systems in the hospital.
4. Formulate the ethics required when performing in the patient care environment.
5. Understand physiological functions being monitored or duplicated.
6. Use the specify tests to check out instrumentation against manufacturers recommended specifications.
7. Perform preventative maintenance and repairs on various biomedical instrumentation systems
encountered in the hospital setting.
8. Interface the various biomedical systems correctly in terms of information correctness and safety.
9. Apply the basic operating principles of non-electronic devices incorporating fluidic or pneumatic
principles to accomplish biomedical functions.
10. Use terminology when relating to either anatomical or equipment functions.
11. Discuss the operation of various D/A and A/D converters currently in use with today’s technology.
12. Expand new technologies into current theories such as cat scan, MRI, linear accelerators and pet units.
13. Determine the closed loop environment currently employed and measure various systems such as air
flows, hazardous components, pressures and laws governing the environment.
14. Interface with other professionals to ensure proper operating procedures.
15. Operate various biomedical instrumentation calibrations devices used as standards such as ECG,
respiration, renal and neurological simulators.
16. Perform in highly hazardous situations and be cognizant of potential future problems.