Medical device

Biomedical equipment technicians or medical equipment repairers troubleshoot, install, and maintain medical devices used in patient treatment and diagnosis. Projections show that the growth of biomedical equipment technician jobs will be excellent in the coming years. The majority of medical equipment repairers hold at least a 2-year associate's degree in biomedical technology, although a 4-year bachelor's degree may be needed for career advancement. Required Education Associate's or bachelor's…

To describe a human being, you would have to pick many qualities in order to truly paint a solid picture of a person. You can describe them and the subject might say “yes that sounds like me” but the reality is that we probably missed something. This is a really tough situation to be in and you could either insult someone because you missed something about them or they could think you do not really know them. Now imagine having to do it on yourself. You will read about how I am a mentor, how…

are trained to react to contact and out “gun” the enemy. With roadside bombs it’s either your day or it’s not. We had sat through hours of training that could help you spot and I.E.D, improvised explosive device. The difference between training and real life was the actual placement of the devices. In power point presentations that are thrown on the side of the road with a blatantly obvious detonation mechanism and stuck out like a sore thumb. In real life they are buried, placed inside dead…

The rapid acquisition program established to procure the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle was a success story that significantly differed from normal procurement programs. For limited time-sensitive requirements, this acquisition method is effective but, should not be adopted for traditional Department of Defense (DOD) Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). The amount of senior leader involvement and risk acceptance required for the MRAP program would not be suitable or…

lives it can take with the hazards involved with it. Some background on the MRAP and what it was made for. The MRAP was designed in a way to help defeat some of the deadliest things on the road during a deployment and these are improvised explosive devices IED’s. MRAPs come in multiple different weights and shapes of vehicles produced by a variety of domestic and international companies…

Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghanistan, known as the heart of the Taliban, the birthplace; and I am headed there. I had just said goodbye to my wife whom at this point I have been married to for 4 months, and was now on my way to a combat deployment. My emotions were all over the place. I knew that I have to be the strong soldier for my peers, the soldier my leaders can trust and depend on, but I am also the loving husband that had to say goodbye to his wife. Furthermore, I knew that this could quite…

I woke up every morning in Iraq the same way. I would get up and I would get all my gear on. Today was different though, I woke up, and leaned over the side of my bed with a bad feeling in my stomach, I got up soon after. I laced up my boots, loaded my gun’s magazines, and then put my vest on. Then walked outside and the sun blinded me for a little bit. I later walked to where the Humvee was, it was going to take us on our route. When I got in the Humvee I saw one of my good buddies, Jaxon…

In initial treatment, these consist of dietary modification, Medical therapy (prokinetic drug to promote gastric motility, anti-emetic duct to relieve symptoms) that effective for relief symptom in the…

Without doubt, medical interventions should not endanger lives of human subjects (VanNostrand 1). Machine Man has shown how disorderly, unregulated malpractice of human experimentation has turn an exuberant and popular science lab into a workplace filled with crimes and…

The first of these subcategories is the testing of medical procedures and devices. Animals are used both to develop new procedures and devices and to test the effectiveness of those that already exist. Using animals in this area has allowed numerous medical advancements, including the development of pacemakers and heart valves. In early testing, valves were transplanted from one animal to another, effectively…