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Biomechanical Equipment Technician (Also Health Careers Based) Program Description Biomedical Equipment Technicians (BMETs) are the professionals trained to ensure that medical instruments and equipment function properly. They may work on diagnostic instruments such as ultrasound and electrocardiograph (EKG) machines, life support equipment, such as ventilators adn dialysis machines, and virtually every other type of medical equipment found in a health care facility. BMETs may be called to fix broken instruments, install equipment in a new facility, or simply conduct periodic testing to ensure proper functioning of biomedical equipment. BMETs may specialize in general biomedical equipment, radiological equipment or clinical equipment.
Medical equipment repairers adjust, calibrate, and repair electronic, electromechanical, as well as hydraulic equipment. They use various tools and specialized software designed to communicate with the specific pieces of hardware. Medical equipment repairers must maintain careful, detailed logs of all maintenance and repair that they perform on each piece of equipment that they work with. They work on medical equipemtn such as defibrillators, heart monitors, medical imagining equipment (x-rays, CAT scanners, and ultrasound equipment), voice controlled operating tables, and electric wheelchairs.
Career Entry Opportunities Installation, calibration and maintenance of: Dialysis, ultrasound, EKG, x-ray and CAT scan, operating table, electric wheelchairs are just a few of the areas available to train BMETs. Benefits for the College Bound |
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