Biomedical Service Technician

6 quarter AAS

This program offers a combinations of hands-on, hybrid, and online courses. See course descriptions for more information.

Health care, the largest industry in the country, employs more than 14 million people, and figures continues to mount. From small-town private practices to mammoth inner-city hospitals, health care workers are in high demand. The patients in those practices and hospitals depend not only on the expertise of doctors and nurses, but on the proper functioning of sophisticated biomedical equipment. The people responsible for repairing and maintaining these highly specialized machines and instruments such as defibrillators, heart monitors, electric wheelchairs, medical imaging equipment (x rays, CAT scanners, and ultrasound equipment), are biomedical service technicians. They inspect and install equipment used by doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers for researching, monitoring, diagnosing, and treating illnesses and disorders. They also repair, calibrate, and safety test the equipment in order to ensure proper function and safety for both the operator and the patient

For program costs and fees refer to the catalog TUITION AND FEES PAGE.

Program Learning Outcomes
  • Maintain skills for lifelong learning by locating, evaluating and applying relevant information using external resources such as the internet, data books, trade publications and library resources
  • Function as a member of a team to complete a task in a timely and efficient manner; delegating, organizing and documenting tasks and results.
  • Operate biomedical equipment with knowledge of biological systems and signals as required to understand the equipment's correct function
  • Identify, analyze, and integrate the technical equipment requirements with needs of the medical staff and patients
  • Operate electronic test equipment and tools to analyze and identify functional/non-functional biomedical equipment
  • Establish professional oral and written business communication skills appropriate in a clinical environment
  • Read and comprehend blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic diagrams and service information
  • Practice safety measures and equipment as required by the FDA, NFPA, NEC, OSHA and others
  • Display professional, ethical behaviors within the requirements of a clinical setting
  • Demonstrate effective working relationships with people who are similar or different
  • Solder or replace defective components using appropriate tools and equipment
  • Follow all HIPPA laws and guidelines for patient privacy
CIP Code
15.0401

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