Orange County Biomedical Equipment Technicians Society

Vol. 3. No 5 November 1996 

OC BMETS Scheduled Meeting

Mark your calendars. Tie a string to your finger. OC BMETS will be meeting Wednesday November 20 at 6:00 p.m., at Mission Community Hospital, 27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo. Food, beverages and a raffle will be held. Our guest speaker will be Dennis Javins. It will be a good meeting. This will be our first in South Orange County. See you there.

October Meeting Minutes

The October meeting was sponsored by Marquette. The presentation reviewed the 5 levels of networking and an introduction to the newest Marquette patient monitor products. All attendees of our X-Ray Basics class received a certificate of completion at the meeting. Roundtable discussions covered topics ranging from healthcare service providers to Internet access for biomedical service and support professionals. Marquette held a raffle for the 'Reference Guide for Biomedical Technicians', by Les Atles, & Scott Segalewitz. Your newsletter editor Stan Richards was the lucking winner. 

Attendance: Stan Richards, Donna Shea, Steve Newman, James Usher, Danny Bower, Tom Gottschalk, Daniel Thebault, Bob Hernandez, Wayne Harrington, Tom Heyser, and Dean Fanara

SPONSORING AN OCBMETS MEETING

We are asking OCBMETS members help us develop our 1997 schedule. OC BMETS encourages all OC BMETS members, healthcare industry manufacturers, distributors, and health care providers to speak at our meetings. This is a great opportunity for members to express their viewpoints, experience and training. New speakers are welcomed and encouraged to use this format to build their presentation skills. Manufactures and vendors can expose OC BMETS to products and ideas that are new. Help us develop a list of possible vendor sponsors by sharing this information with them. 

Scheduling: Contact OC BMETS Editor or attend any OC BMETS meeting for scheduling. 

Subject: Any subject that will promote the personal and professional growth and development of our members will be approved. It is recommended that product presentations include disassembly of the item, troubleshooting tips, and calibration or preventive maintenance demonstrations. 

Duration: 20 to 90 minutes based on content. 

Handouts: Handouts shall be legible and credit shall be noted for origination of materials. 

Dress Code: Professional attire should be worn when making presentations at OC BMETS meetings. 

Evaluation: A member who is presenting may request an evaluation of their presentation by the chair person or other members, as an aid to improving presentations. 

Food: Health Care Industry presenters may optionally provide non-alcoholic beverages and food. All meal expenses and arrangements shall be born by speaker. 

Certificates: Certificates of attendance are encouraged from Health Care Industry presenters. 

Solicitation: Speakers may not directly solicit sales from OC BMETS members during the meeting or presentation. Speakers may respond to request for solicitation during meeting or pass out sales literature on the product or products discussed during the presentation.

CORPORATE SPONSORS

OC BMETS would like to thank COHR MasterPlan for their active participation and contribution to our organization for the coming 1997 year. Their support make it possible for this newsletter to be distributed. We also would like to thank Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, St. Josephs Hospital, Mission Communities Hospital and COHR MasterPlan for allowing OC BMETS use of their educational conference rooms. 

REFERENCE MATERIAL

JOULE - Measurement of energy. 1 joule = 1Watt * sec 

Pin Index Safety System (PISS)- The safety system used on small gas cylinders (size E or smaller) with pressures of 200 psi or greater. The cylinder valves are bored with two pin holes whose locations are specfic to the cylinder contents and correspond to pins on the cylinder yokes. 

Desiccate- Desiccation is the dehydration and necrosis of tissue caused by passing a radio frequency electric current through the tissue. In desicatin, the electrodes must be in good electrical contact with the tissue. Desiccation differs from fulguration in that there is no sparking between the electrode(s) and the tissue. 

FROM THE REFERENCE GUIDE FOR BIOMEDICAL TECHNICIANS, LESLIE R. ATLES, SCOTT SEGALEWITZ