by Korie | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Another week in Limon! Our main focus this week was to conduct preventative maintenance on 15+ incubators. This maintenance includes calibration, checking every part’s functionality, and cleaning. I was taught how to run the calibration so that was my role for...
by Korie | Jul 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week some of the field engineers had training on GE incubators so I joined them every morning. Although the training was online and the instructor spoke Spanish, the manuals and videos were in English so I was still able to learn a lot. The training included...
by Korie | Jul 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Monday I went to the technical service room at Meditek and they were running a test on a GE Cardiosoft Tonoport VI that is used to check blood pressure (BP). They wanted to make sure that the device would record the BP for 24 hours and would do the checks at the right...
by Korie | Jul 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was supposed to go to Limon last week for work but the plans were changed so I was in San Jose again and spent most of my time at Hospital Calderon Guardia. On Monday I got put on some reusable scrubs to work on an anesthesia machine. It was so fun to get dressed up...
by Korie | Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
This was a bit of a slower week for work but it was nice to take a break from traveling. On Monday we had some issues with Hospital Metropolitano. We couldn’t find the machines we were supposed to be working on and it was hard to communicate with the maintenance...
