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Effective Term:
Winter 2022 through Summer 2022
Course Number:
EET 260
Course Title:
Biomedical Equipment I
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture Hours:
30
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Introduces the fundamentals of medical instrumentation, bioelectric signals and electrodes, recording systems, biomedical recorders, patient monitoring systems, arrhythmia and ambulatory monitoring instruments, fetal monitoring instruments, biomedical telemetry and telemedicine, oximeters, blood flowmeter, cardiac output measurement, pulmonary function analyzers, laboratory equipment, audiometers, and patient safety. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

  • Evaluate, calibrate, operate and maintain biomedical equipment.
  • Perform safety inspections on biomedical equipment.
  • Make repairs to biomedical equipment as needed. 

Outcome Assessment Strategies

  • Students will have hands-on projects to study and troubleshoot medical equipment.
  • Students will take quizzes over the lectured material

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  • The Human Body: Overview
  • Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Operating and Service Literature from biomedical equipment manufacturers
  • MS Powerpoint© presentation handouts
  • Regulatory and compliance texts