Medical Equipment Biomedical equipment maintenance practice

Is this course for you?

The course is ideally suited to those with some knowledge of instrumentation but lacking experience with biomedical systems. Delegates will gain confidence in working with biomedical equipment by carrying out structured, practical assignments on equipment covered during the course.

Aim

To provide delegates with a good understanding of biomedical equipment principles, applications and maintenance procedures.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Describe the principles of operation of a wide range of biomedical equipment.
• Understand the principles of operation of biomedical equipment with reference to human physiology
• Assess possible hazards associated with the use and maintenance of biomedical equipment.
• Perform electrical safety test to verify the safe use of medical equipment.  
• Perform routine maintenance and performance testing on a wide range of medical equipment

Prerequisites

The prerequisite for this course is that candidates should have as a minimum a level 3 qualification in an engineering discipline preferably Electrical or Electronic engineering or equivalent work experience.

Additional Information

Equipment area/types will include ECG, Defibrillators, Patient Monitoring, Infusion devices, Premature Baby Incubators, Foetal Monitoring, Physiotherapy equipment, Surgical Diathermy and an introduction to Anaesthesia & Ventilation.

Eastwood Park, Falfield, was formerly the NHS national training centre for healthcare engineering and now, as an independent company, we are the leading provider of technical healthcare engineering training in the UK.      

This course has City & Guilds accredited programme status.

Following a review of the new government guidance we want to reassure you that the essential training booked at Eastwood Park for the coming weeks is going ahead as planned.

We are operating a COVID-secure environment and will be seeking the co-operation of everyone attending to strictly adhere to these arrangements throughout their stay and we will continue to carefully monitor the situation.

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Facilities

Medical equipment lab

Our medical equipment lab and classroom incorporates a wide range of equipment.

FAQs

• How long will you hold provisional bookings for?

  Provisional bookings will be held for one week (7 days) from the date of booking.

  As we are facing a high demand for course places, we kindly ask you to confirm your place as soon as possible.

  If you do not confirm this booking within this period, unfortunately we cannot hold the place for you and the provisional booking request will be removed from the system.

• What medical equipment do you cover?

  Eastwood Park’s medical equipment training covers machines such as ECG, defibrillators, patient monitoring, infusion devices, premature baby incubators, foetal monitoring, physiotherapy equipment, surgical diathermy and an introduction to anaesthesia & ventilators.

• Do I need to bring any documents with me?

  Your joining instructions will state whether you need to bring anything with you to your course.

• How do I find out your course availability?

  To book one of our courses, call our sales team on +44 (0)1454 262777. Alternatively fill out the enquiry form on our website, after which we will contact you as soon as possible.

• What are your terms & conditions?

  You can view and download our booking terms and conditions here.