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.
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.