By John Wallace
MD Expo introduced hands-on-training workshops, or H.O.T. Workshops, today.
The inaugural H.O.T. Workshop: Patient Monitors, approved for 6 CEUs by ACI, was presented by Glenn Schneider, chief service officer with Elite Biomedical Solutions.
In this workshop, he showed attendees how to disassemble, inspect, reassemble, and test the MX-40 patient monitor. A review of the options, parts availability, common failures, and proper maintenance were presented. Attendees were also invited to get their hands inside the device.
Schneider also introduced a patent-pending tool that can be used to open and work on the MX-40.
Kristin Leavoy, vice president at MD Publishing, said the H.O.T. Workshop was the result of feedback from MD Expo attendees and TechNation readers.
“We heard from attendees and they want more in-depth training on equipment,” Leavoy said. “We worked with our vendor partners who would have enough equipment for attendees to work on.”
James Dubois said the H.O.T. Workshop was interesting to him because “we get to tear the thing apart, so that’s good.”
Larry Lamourine from MGB-Cooley Dickinson Hospital enjoyed the hands-on aspect of the training and said it was a “great experience.”
He said everyone learned from the presenter and from each other during the session.
