The TechNation Webinar Wednesday series continued this week with “Introduction to Contrast Injector Operation and Service” sponsored by Maull Biomedical Training LLC. Steve Maull’s excellent educational and training skills were on display during the hour-long session.
Maull, the Founder and President of Maull Biomedical Training LLC., is no stranger to education. His company offers several training courses on contrast injectors. He gained his experience starting in the U.S. Armed Forces. After joining the Air Force in 1991, he served as a BMET for 7 years before becoming a BMET Instructor and Curriculum Developer for the Air Force and newly developed Department of Defense BMET School at Sheppard AFB, Texas. He left the Air Force in 2001 and became an instructor at DITEC where he taught X-ray, clinical lab, PACS and DICOM. In 2008, he started Maull Biomedical Training with the express purpose of providing high-quality contrast injector service training.
The webinar provided an introduction and overview to contrast injectors. Maull covered what contrast injectors are used for, the three different types and the proper operation of a contrast injector. An introduction to concepts involving PMs and calibration were also examined.
The key points of the webinar included a brief description of angiography as well as modalities that utilize contrast media and why. Maull also covered controls and indicators, routine operation, and items of interest during a PM and/or calibration.
Tools and test equipment needed for working on contrast injectors was also a point of emphasis.
The webinar was a hit with more than 300 attendees giving the session the highest rating of 2016 with a 4.4 on a 5-point scale with 5.0 being the best possible score.
Attendees shared some of the reasons for the high rating via webinar surveys.
“Very informative webinar on contrast media injectors that could save the hospital money from having to call in someone else for preventative maintenance,” Rachel C. wrote in her survey.
“A great resource in this day and age of ‘restricted training budgets,’ ” Phil A. wrote.
“I found the webinar to be very informative, concise while covering numerous topics, and contained excellent visuals,” Darryl E. wrote.
“This was a very informative webinar. The presentation offered a lot of insightful information for how the injectors are supposed to work and simple ways to ensure the injectors are working properly. Great information,” Lori C. wrote.
Attendees also praised the Webinar Wednesday series.
“I would recommend taking time from your day to view any of these webinar series, they will give you insight on subjects that may not be part of your regular work day,” Denny D. wrote.
“TechNation’s webinar series is very informative and helpful with reviewing and learning information relevant to my job. I love that I can learn from experienced people in my field without leaving my desk,” Ashely H. wrote.
“We recently started participating in the TechNation webinar series as part of our departmental training which has become a great tool for process improvement and introduction to different modalities prior to attending training courses. This has been probably one of the best additions to improving how we service our customers. Thanks for all that you do for our profession,” Gene W. wrote.
He is the Director of Clinical Engineering at Rush University Medical Center and every week that there is a webinar he gathers all of his available staff into a room, puts Webinar Wednesday on a projector screen and has them take notes and discuss how they can apply the subject matter to their daily routine.
The next Webinar Wednesday session is the special roundtable webinar “What’s New in Patient Monitoring?” slated for 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 25. The webinar is being sponsored by Southwest Biomedical Electronics, Pacific Medical, USOC Bio-Medical Services and Fluke Biomedical. For information or to register, visit 1TechNation.com/Webinars.