r/BMET

I’m 28. I have a bachelors in communication studies and experience in sales, electronic systems sales, but nothing hands on. Will I be accepted into an apprenticeship or anything else right out of the gate?

Good afternoon, dear community. I need your help finding service manuals for ventilators such as the Hamilton C1, Leon, Mindray, Caelus Lite, and Monnal T 60. The hospital is located in Zaporizhzhia, 20 km from the front, and there are many wounded Ukrainian soldiers. Thank you for your help!

I’m an apprentice who finished the first year of the training. Before getting hired, the recruiter told me after completion of the first year I would go from $20 an hour to $27 an hour and upon completion of apprenticeship after two years I would go to $32 an hour, however after my first year, they only gave me a raise to $24 an hour and said this is non-negotiable and has always been the policy of their company for apprentices.

I’m not really sure how to handle this. Part of me wants to put applications into OEM‘s for fse imaging, but I’m unsure if I’m even qualified at this point or of I’d even be considered for a position.

I don’t really want to leave because my Shop and coworkers are awesome and I enjoy the Work. I also feel valued by my coworkers and supervisor. Leaving would also hurt my coworkers as they struggled to find someone before I came on board but I can’t go on with the salary they are now deciding to pay me.

I don’t feel like I’m at an apprentice level anymore but also don’t want to get ahead of myself. I’ve been on my own doing PMs on ESU’s, harmonic scalpels, surgical
Aspirators. I average about 45-60 repairs a month and Last month I did over 400 pms on pumps/pcus. I work hard try to help out when not busy.

Has anyone been in a similar situation to this or have any recommendations on how to handle this? Should I tough it out finish the apprenticeship and run or should I just throw out applications to other companies while in the middle of the apprenticeship?

Thanks in advance.

I'm currently in a program for biomed in Tacoma/Puyallup area, the only concern I have is how much will i be able to make realistically, pay range seems too wide to have a certain expectation, I want to be able to pass 100k+ a year in -+5 years, if anyone has a bunch of experience, how likely is it, if I'm ready to get additional certifications and move career ladder, and if experienced biomeds from my area are reading, please give me some advice 🙏🏻

Is it even a thing anymore? I know my management doesn’t acknowledge it.

Do any of your shops celebrate it? Get a free lunch out of it? A gold star? Pat on the back? Firm handshake? A simple “good job”? Anything?

edit: Wow I know it’s usually a stupid arbitrary workplace ”pizza party” type of event but it’s kind of eye opening seeing all these responses when my manager won’t even buy us new tools.

What are some questions I can expect to receive pertaining to circuits/electronic schematics and such during an interview? Recently graduated as a Tech 1 going for my imaging cert in a few months.

I’m sure this gets asked a lot but I’m interested in getting into bmet, currently I’m a cnc/industrial mechanic I have about 5 years of experience also have a plc certificate and electrical certificate for trade schools, I want to transition into bmet and just wanted to ask if maybe my experience is will help me get into it or if I’ll still have to go to school and get a AA Or a bmet certificate. I already have a good troubleshooting experience and electrical experience so idk if this will help me get into bmet. Would I still need to get a bmet certification?

ICU will not service one that we have since the device is end of life so we need to send it out for calibration/repair.

What is everyone’s favorite equipment in the lab? Do you have a favorite microtome,tissue processor, or cryostat?

Hi all. I’m 28 and I work in sales as an account executive. I have a bachelors in communication and media studies, so no technical experience or education at all.

For a while I’ve been looking to make a big change and I believe I really want to pursue this path. I’m a very technical person, love programming and doing electrical projects like arduino, and the travel is totally cool with me because of my lifestyle right now.

So what do I need to do next? My googling is giving me some mixed results. I’m seeing that I can get certs online at CBET that takes 6 months? Is that a good start? I’m okay with paying for fast track programs or whatnot. Whatever’s best.

Any advice here is appreciated. Thank you.

Edit: so sorry this posted like 5 times! Reddit was big time bugging.

Would I be better off doing a 1 year commute one year live over there straight to a Biomedical Equipment Technology program (AS) , 1.5 hour drive . near LA .

Complete a local HVAC program at my CC and then try to get hired as a BMET 1 later down the road 2-4 years experienced HVAC to minimize debt and not have to rent in LA for so long .

Looking to see if anyone in here currently has MAC 5500 or 5500HD’s in use, and what model of silex bridge is being used with them.

We’re currently having some connectivity and roaming issues with some of our devices after a new section of the hospital was set up. The units with the SD-500 will drop off the network, and the ones with the 320-AN seem to be working fine.

Hoping to see if anyone has any guidance, or experience with this?

Do they keep the same questions for a couple exams? Or do they change them every time?

Just finished my Cbet test, and to say it was hard would be an understatement. Preliminarily results say I passed. Good luck to anyone taking it on the last two days.

Hello all, I have a BS in mechanical engineering but with experience in sales/application engineering. But haven't worked as an engineer in 5-6 years. I am looking to pursue BMET due to my love of both medical science and technology. My question is how to get into the industry without any healthcare or med tech experience. While I do have initial education from my engineering degree, I am out of practice with a lot of material that is covered. I am looking to pursue a BMET certificate at my local community college to learn the fundamentals and possibly get an entry level BMET job or internship. Possibly work my way into a clinical engineer job down the line?

I am very interested in the BMET field and would love some insight as to how I can best pursue a career in it.

Going to start off by saying that I fully understand the requirements of NFPA 99's electrical safety testing. But is it wrong of me to think that doing an electrical safety test on medical equipment that is brought in for a single operation, is a lot of unnecessary liability for the hospital biomed? I'm talking about equipment that gets brought in by the company for a single case or for a single doctor and leaves the facility usually by the next day or when the case ends. The responsibility should lie on the company that brings it and takes it away. For an in-house biomed to do a quick safety check on a piece of equipment that is not brand new and is exposed to much more wear and tear (transportation) seems like a liability to me.

Is there something I am missing? Imaging FSE in Texas pay range is listed at $60k-$80k. That seems like an industry low.

Is there a relatively low work load, or per diem, or bonuses you are getting that makes up the difference? I’ve seen some posts but many of them turn into rants about how GE sucks or Siemens sucks.

If you negotiate a $75k salary, what would you expect your total compensation to be in a year? Asking those that are familiar with Siemens specifically, I know that overtime can easily bring you up in W2 wages. Thank you all.

Does anyone here have experience working for Baxter in a field service type role?

I have a phone screening coming up, and I’m trying to get a realistic idea of what the work environment is like. I know the role involves driving a work van, but I’m curious what the day-to-day actually looks like.

How is the workload, management, travel/driving, work-life balance, and overall stress level?

Also, what salary do they typically offer for this kind of role? The posted range is $42,200–$59,400, but I’m wondering what people are actually being offered.

Any honest insight would help.