Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation
The Technology of Patient Care

An updated guide to the medical technology involved in patient care, incorporating recent changes in healthcare, regulations and standards.

Barbara L. Christe (Author)

9781107185012, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 December 2017

244 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.52 kg

'Barbara Christe has excelled at updating this text to keep pace with today's medical technology. The 'For Further Exploration' section in each chapter provides supplemental reference material and valuable links to the most up-to-date information, which transitions the text from an 'Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation' to a living document. This book should be the go-to resource in all HTM educational programs.' Ted Lucidi, The Pennsylvania State University

This fully updated second edition provides readers with all they need to understand the use of medical technology in patient care. Incorporating the most recent changes in healthcare, regulations, Standards, and technology, coverage is expanded to include new chapters on device testing, with a particular emphasis on safety inspections, and the interface of medical technology with the electronic medical record. A wide variety of medical instrumentation is discussed, focusing on device types and classifications, and including individual manufacturers as examples. It is designed for readers with a fundamental understanding of anatomy, physiology and medical terminology, as well as electronic concepts such as voltage, current, resistance, impedance, analog and digital signals, and sensors. Additional documents and solutions to end-of-chapter questions accompany the book online, providing biomedical engineering technicians with the resources and tools they need to become knowledgeable and effective members of the patient care team.

1. A career in the HTM profession
2. Patient safety
3. NFPA and other guidelines
4. Device testing
5. In the workplace
6. Electrodes, sensors, signals, and noise
7. The heart
8. Cardiac assist devices
9. Blood pressure
10. Respiration and respiratory therapy
11. The brain and its activity
12. The intensive care unit
13. The operating room
14. Imaging
15. Clinical laboratory equipment
16. Intravenous pumps and other pumps
17. Electronic medical record and IT
18. Miscellaneous devices and topics

Subject Areas: Electronics engineering [TJF], Biomedical engineering [MQW]