electronic medical equipment fault finding and repair, safe working practices and relevant standards, codes and regulations, including: medical equipment principles: equipment categories, types, functions and operation hazards and safety procedures causes of failure safety testing requirements and methods categories and examples of medical equipment, including: cardiovascular systems: blood warmers, cardiac catheterisation systems and defibrillators electrocardiogram (ECG) machines, ECG monitors, heart-lung machines and infusion pumps, intra-aortic balloon pumps, pacemakers, syringe pump and cardiac output measurement equipment respiratory systems: anaesthetic delivery and monitoring units, medical gases, oxygen concentrator, pulse oximeter, respiratory humidifier, respiratory support units and ventilators neurological systems: electroencephalograph (EEG) recorder, electromyograph (EMG) recorder and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring renal systems: haemodialysis machine, continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) machine and peritoneal dialysis medical imaging: x-ray equipment, computerised axial tomography (CAT scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine and diagnostic ultrasound equipment physiological equipment: blood pressure monitors, foetal cardiotocograph, infant care systems, multiparameter systems, thermometry, telemetry, networking and patient warmers miscellaneous equipment: electrosurgery, electric stimulators, and endoscopy and laparoscopy systems, laser, operating microscopes, therapeutic diathermy and ultrasound medical equipment, anatomy and physiology and infection control: nature of infection control of microbial growth infection control strategies body systems medical equipment safe working practices: risk management and assessment of risk encompassing: principle and purpose of risk management, and processes for conducting a risk assessment hazards associated with medical equipment, encompassing: infections toxic materials electrical components radiation risks and control measures associated with working with medical equipment fault finding and repair: typical faults, their symptoms and cause fault diagnosis procedures and testing component replacement equipment adjustments relevant manufacturer specifications relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation relevant workplace policies and procedures. |