An ‘Essential guide to medical equipment principles’, has been launched to help new clinical engineers, junior nurses, medics and operating department practitioners (ODPs) understand the fundamentals of many of the standard medical devices they will encounter in a hospital environment.
Authored by leading EBME expert, David Mulvey, the 'Essential guide to medical equipment principles' can be used for both self-directed learning and also in a classroom environment as a textbook. Each of the seven chapters are designed to cover a particular type of medical device such as mechanical ventilators, along with the physiology that must be understood, in order to make sense of their application and engineering concepts. This fundamental knowledge will enable the reader to progress further in the years to come.
The author's medical engineering experience spans over 40 years. Working in the commercial sector with leading names such as S&W and Vickers Medical, as well as his own company Artemis Medical, David has previously held roles as Senior Engineer, Technical Training Manager and Technical Director.
David has run countless training courses and seminars not only in the UK but also in Europe. In 1985, he set up a training school for Vickers Medical, in Rochdale, near Manchester, which he ran for around 13 years. The final 10 years of David's career were spent in the NHS as a Technical Training Manager and Senior Technical Support Engineer. During this time, David was able to develop and design training programmes that had real relevance for clinical engineers, particularly those just embarking on their careers.
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