A monthly look at what's shakin' with local biomedical associations

TABETA
The Tulsa Area Biomedical Equipment Technicians Association invited Welch Allyn Protocol to speak Oct. 11 at St.John Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute. The topic? What else! Telemetry; particularly the difference between the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band and WMTS band. Biomeds from Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri, Northwest Arkansas and Southeast Kansas were invited to join in the free discussion and to enjoy a free dinner.

CMIA
The California Medical Instrumentation Association created the Frank Yip Memorial Scholarships so Frank’s contributions to the biomedical community are not forgotten. At the annual dinner each January, money is presented to encourage talented people who are pursuing or furthering a career in biomed so they can serve the California medical community. The deadline to nominate a worthy student is December 31. Find the application at www.cmia.org.

BASW
The topic was brain surgery at the November meeting of the Biomedical Association of Southeastern Wisconsin. Medtronic demonstrated the StealthStation for image guided surgery before a dedicated group assembled at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Nosey BASW members learned how anatomical images are coordinated with the position of both the patient and surgeon’s instruments, allowing delicate sinus and neurosurgical procedures.

PAMIA
Datascope brought beverages and balloon pumps to the November PAMIA meeting held at Albert Einstein Medical Center. District manager Gary Manning and clinical coordinator Janice Clayson demonstrated technological advances in intra-aortic balloon pump therapy, and discussed how the practice evolved over four decades. In October, Welch Allyn Protocol arrived with ISM band telemetry.