August 2003

Features

	Service Solutions: Spectrum Analyzers
	by Lisa Fratt
	No one wants to be told to check his cell phone, PDA or walkie-talkie at the hospital door, yet the potential for radio frequency conflicts and electromagnetic interference continues to grow as wireless devices proliferate — in and out of the hospital. For biomeds, the best defense is a good offense: a spectrum analyzer that can evaluate an area, collect test data and serve as a maintenance tool.


	Clicking Your Way to Higher Ed
	by Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
	Have you ever considered returning to school? Are you interested in completing a bachelor’s degree using your current educational accomplishments as a springboard? Do your goals include advanced degrees that would enable you to teach in a biomedical engineering program? All of these scholarly objectives are available as on-line learning opportunities, where the scholarship is real, even if the classroom is virtual.


	Day in the Life: Biomed in Ethiopia
	by Marie S. Marchese
	One day earlier this year Michael Link, CBET, was offering a donation of used medical equipment to the American Medical Resources Foundation; in May he was in a classroom in Africa, teaching the principles of cardiology to 20 native BMETS. While Link left behind equipment and knowledge that will help save lives, he came away with a heartwarming appreciation for the people and customs of Ethiopia.