Repair knowledge for every machine in the hospital

BenchMedic Academy publishes practical, vendor-neutral e-books and short courses on the theory and practice of repairing hospital equipment. Our readers are biomedical technicians, clinical engineering teams, independent service engineers and students preparing to enter the field.

Language: all BenchMedic titles are written and published in English only. Translated versions of this website are provided for convenience; the e-books themselves are not translated.

Why we exist

Most hospital equipment faults are not exotic. What separates a quick fix from days of swapping parts is understanding how the equipment works and a method to find the fault. That knowledge usually takes years on the job — or a manufacturer course for each brand. We put it in clear, illustrated, affordable form.

How our titles are written

• From the field. Our author, Ethan Harlow, is a field service engineer in diagnostic imaging.
• Vendor-neutral. Principles and methods that apply across manufacturers. No confidential or proprietary manufacturer material, no passwords, no OEM manuals.
• Theory, then practice. How the equipment works, how it fails, and a step-by-step method to isolate the fault and release the equipment safely.
• Safety first. Electrical safety, ESD and release-after-repair are part of every title.

Important

Our content is educational. It does not replace manufacturer documentation, training or the regulations that apply where you work. Internal work on medical equipment must only be carried out by trained and authorised personnel.

Contact

Questions, team licences or suggestions for new titles: [email protected].

Image credits

Photographs on this site come from Wikimedia Commons under open licences. Diagrams and illustrations without a credit were made for BenchMedic Academy.

• Technicians testing hospital equipment (home page hero) — Petty Officer 2nd Class Adriones Johnson, U.S. Navy, public domain.
• Technicians repairing equipment and explaining an ultrasound system, Puerto Cortés Public Hospital, Honduras — Chief Petty Officer Mark Logico, U.S. Navy, public domain.
• A modern medical ultrasound scanner — Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0.
• Curved array ultrasound sensor construction — Binarysequence, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• Catalog photos — mobile X-ray: Staff Sgt. Thomas Lamb, U.S. Army; patient monitor: Petty Officer 1st Class James Stenberg, U.S. Navy; ventilator: Staff Sgt. Jan Valle, U.S. Air Force; defibrillator testing: Seaman Christian L. Lemus, U.S. Navy; anesthesia unit check: Airman Bernardo Fuller, U.S. Navy; infusion pump: Senior Airman Andrea Posey, U.S. Air Force; autoclave: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eddie Harrison, U.S. Navy; electrical safety check: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman, U.S. Navy — all public domain.
• Electrosurgical unit (Musée André Vésale) — Jmh2o, CC BY-SA 4.0.
• PACS server in a radiology department — Ratib, O., Roduit, N., Nidup, D. et al., CC BY 4.0.

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. Trademarks visible in photos belong to their owners and do not imply endorsement.