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[Tank]

I may regret asking this but, what is a biomedical engineer?

[Non Quixote]

I may regret asking this but, what is a biomedical engineer?

lol...not at all.

Biomedical engineers work with medical devices.  Design, maintenance, repair, trials, etc.

Anything from a little suction pump up to MRI machines, although major equipment like that is highly specialized.

edit: The job I just left (to pack up and move) was in a birthing hospital.  To give you some idea I had about 1700 pieces of equipment that I was responsible for.

I was also the sole biomed responsible for maintaining one of the largest OB TraceVue systems in the world.  Basically a large network of monitoring devices that record mother and baby vitals.  My system has 115 fetal monitors attached to several clients which are in turn connected to a couple of large servers and an optical platter jukebox (stone age) for final recording.  All of this is spread out over 3 floors and connected on a virtual network that rides on the IS network.  When that system hiccups every anus in the hospital hierarchy clenches.  I have made several late night/early morning trips to the hospital because someone somewhere thought that maybe there was a slight chance that OB TraceVue wasn't recording properly.

Love it.  Wouldn't want to do anything else.

[Tank]

I may regret asking this but, what is a biomedical engineer?

lol...not at all.

Biomedical engineers work with medical devices.  Design, maintenance, repair, trials, etc.

Anything from a little suction pump up to MRI machines, although major equipment like that is highly specialized.

We'd call them a medical technician in the UK.

[Non Quixote]

I may regret asking this but, what is a biomedical engineer?

lol...not at all.

Biomedical engineers work with medical devices.  Design, maintenance, repair, trials, etc.

Anything from a little suction pump up to MRI machines, although major equipment like that is highly specialized.

We'd call them a medical technician in the UK.

Really?  Med techs in the US are the people who clean up poop and other fun stuff.

Well, that isn't quite fair, they take vitals and things too I think.  Like BP and temp.

[Tank]

I may regret asking this but, what is a biomedical engineer?

lol...not at all.

Biomedical engineers work with medical devices.  Design, maintenance, repair, trials, etc.

Anything from a little suction pump up to MRI machines, although major equipment like that is highly specialized.

We'd call them a medical technician in the UK.

Really?  Med techs in the US are the people who clean up poop and other fun stuff.

Well, that isn't quite fair, they take vitals and things too I think.  Like BP and temp.

Best not get them confused then! 

[Non Quixote]

Best not get them confused then!  

Yup!  I think they are probably qualified to clean gook off the equipment...lol.

Biomedical Engineering graduate degrees here run up to PhD level.

Dunno about the UK

edit: Ah, quick Google reveals that you folks call us medical technologists

[xSilverPhinx]

Welcome!

[markmcdaniel]

How well I remember my Navy days. Remember its not just a job its an adventure. Translation 99% boredom 1% stark terror. Welcome. And by the way moving frequently is just one of the perks of Air Force life. Just so you know.

[Tank]

How well I remember my Navy days. Remember its not just a job its an adventure. Translation 99% boredom 1% stark terror. Welcome. And by the way moving frequently is just one of the perks of Air Force life. Just so you know.

Could you start a thread about the 1% stark terror please! 

[Non Quixote]

How well I remember my Navy days. Remember its not just a job its an adventure. Translation 99% boredom 1% stark terror. Welcome. And by the way moving frequently is just one of the perks of Air Force life. Just so you know.

Hi, and thanks!

This is her 28th year in, so we're used to the moving around part.

[Asmodean]

edit: The job I just left (to pack up and move) was in a birthing hospital.  To give you some idea I had about 1700 pieces of equipment that I was responsible for.

Yes, you see, on the first day, The Asmo created time, space, nine other dimensions, hell and, as an afterthought, that place.

What did you do to deserve being surrounded by such an armada of uncooked babies? 

[Firebird]

Nice to have you here. Been enjoying your posts thus far.

[Non Quixote]

Yes, you see, on the first day, The Asmo created time, space, nine other dimensions, hell and, as an afterthought, that place.

What did you do to deserve being surrounded by such an armada of uncooked babies? 

Heh.  Actually the departments came open and I dogged my supervisor's heels until he agreed to give me the departments.  I really wasn't interested in the "uncooked babies" (although a walk through the NICU can break your heart), I was really interested in the massive OB TraceVue system that was already partially mine.  A huge blend of network hardware, PCs and biomedical equipment, every bionerd's wet dream.

But yeah, working in the nurseries with gaggles of crying babies could be...um...challenging.

[Asmodean]

(although a walk through the NICU can break your heart)

I highly doubt it would have enough impact to even slightly crack mine. Babies, you see, are on my despised-list, and my compassion towards them is limited thereafter.

[Stevil]

I may regret asking this but, what is a biomedical engineer?

lol...not at all.

Biomedical engineers work with medical devices.  Design, maintenance, repair, trials, etc.

Anything from a little suction pump up to MRI machines, although major equipment like that is highly specialized.

We'd call them a medical technician in the UK.

Really?  Med techs in the US are the people who clean up poop and other fun stuff.

Well, that isn't quite fair, they take vitals and things too I think.  Like BP and temp.

Wouldn't those tasks be for nurses?