Career Opportunities Hospitals, Manufacturing, Research Centers, Sales Organizations, Educational Institutions, Repair Facilities. Professional Accreditations Middle States Association and the New York State Board of Regents Program Description Biomedical technicians are members of the health care team. The need for these workers arose when physicians, scientists, and engineers combined their skills to develop complex equipment now used to diagnose, prevent and cure diseases. The medical profession uses many electrical and electronic devices such as pacemakers, electrocardiography machines, heart-lung machines, kidney dialysis machines, blood pressure monitors, centrifuges, chemical analyzers, radiation meters, spectrophotometers, electroencephalograph monitors, diathermy units, and other biomedical equipment.
Biomedical technicians install, inspect, test, maintain, calibrate, and repair biomedical equipment.
Biomedical technicians may teach hospital staff members how to operate biomedical equipment, assist in purchasing instruments, and perform safety tests on electrical distribution systems. Biomedical equipment technicians are employed throughout the world, working for hospitals, equipment manufacturers, distributors, medical supply houses, contract maintenance companies, medical research organizations and teaching establishments. Other technicians are employed by the United States Government Agencies, the U.S. Armed Forces, Veteran s Administration Hospitals, public health services, and research institutes. Positions begin at the entry level. Courses in electronics, electricity, and mechanics are recommended.