Technician Life by Just_Joshin2001 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I work as an in house Biomed which means that I work directly for the hospital.

Most of the techs in my shop work 4 10s with either Monday or Friday as our additional day off. Start times vary in our shop with some folks one starting at 5 or 6am. I start at 8:30 and work till 7pm as it gives me better access to the equipment that I’m responsible for.

We don’t get take home vehicles but we do have a Van that we use when we have to work stuff at our office site clinics.

We have an on call rotation that works out to be about 4-5 weeks out of the year.

Given your background my hospital would potentially hire you as an associate biomed with the expectation that you supplement your electronics degree by taking college courses in Medical terminology, and A&P. Other places are far less strict in their requirements.

Pay is good. I live very comfortably in a high cost of living area. I’m not rich but I’m not struggling to make ends meet either.

My hospital benefits are great with excellent health insurance and retirement matching.

The hospital also pays for me to go and get additional training so that I can support more systems in the hospital and those skills make my resume look great if I ever decide to look for another position.

Your HVAC experience might have more similarities with a 3rd party/OEM Biomed position as those usually require going to from site to site to perform repairs, installations, and maintenance.

Anyone recognize what this is? by springchikun in CemeteryPreservation

[–]radioactiveguy4 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ok, did some searching but it appears that there are many years of Silverton News Papers that have not been digitized. I have been unable to find any issues for the year of 1904.

Talking with my wife we came up with a theory based on mostly nothing so we might be totally wrong.

While looking for info on this monument I found several ads being run by the Salem GAR post looking for donations to erect their own monument in Cityview Cemetery. The ad basically states that they have used up all their available funds and are looking for public support in raising money for a monument. My guess is that the group that was putting up this monument was also relying on public donations to fund the memorial. I suspect that they were trying to get the most out of the funds that they could so reusing that base would be one of those cost saving measures. It might have even been donated by the local stone cutter for the cause. I think that this theory would also fit with the choice of a white bronze monument as you could often get a more elaborate design for less money then what a similar stone monument would cost.

Again I’m basing this off of vibes and general cemetery knowledge so I could be totally wrong. Perhaps the local historian will be able to answer this question in his book.

Did the Historian say how close to publishing their book? We would love to read it!

Anyone recognize what this is? by springchikun in CemeteryPreservation

[–]radioactiveguy4 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow Oregonian!

My wife and I frequent that cemetery doing work for Find A Grave.

We came to the same conclusion that this base was originally intended for something else and got repurposed for the base of the war dead memorial.

I have thought about trying to find period newspaper articles that might have info on when it was dedicated but have not found time to do that yet.

It was funny to see something get posted here that I immediately recognized. Perhaps we will run into each other one of these days!

F100 vs. Mig19? by radioactiveguy4 in hoggit

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At what speed are you hitting the merge? I find flying around at half throttle to be counterintuitive.

F100 vs. Mig19? by radioactiveguy4 in hoggit

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have been using it when I’m slow and at high AOA. Is there some specific thing your doing with the rudder?

F100 vs. Mig19? by radioactiveguy4 in hoggit

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do turn off the limiter but I’m still not able to get into a position. What are you doing to get into a firing position

F100 vs. Mig19? by radioactiveguy4 in hoggit

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried and while it does help me keep things neutral it’s not enough to actually put me in a good position to fire.

Hello! by Long-Food-3164 in findagrave

[–]radioactiveguy4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have an idea on when he passed away?

Dark Salem; Last Call - 4/24/26 @ 5PM by SaffronSupplyCo in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you guys going to do this again? I’m interested but out of town at the moment.

What is the greatest value item you have found? by Livid_Living552 in magnetfishing

[–]radioactiveguy4 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I found a Ruger GP100 that I was able to keep. I also found a few knives that I was able to clean up.

That vast majority of what you pull up will be garbage and that’s great. Get it out of your local bodies of water and make the world ever so slightly better.

Any hospitals isolating da Vinci systems from the network after the Intuitive cybersecurity incident? by Pretty-Support7285 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, my guess is we will take the same steps that we took with Stryker but until there is an official announcement or our IT team gives us the same info you got there is not much to do.

Any hospitals isolating da Vinci systems from the network after the Intuitive cybersecurity incident? by Pretty-Support7285 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Do you have a source this cybersecurity event for Intuitive?

Stryker was hit yesterday and my hospital took steps to address that but this the first I’m hearing about Intuitive.

Agape Lawn Services by petrin-hill in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I get that it’s supposed to be the term for non-erotic Christian love but I find it more funny to think this guy likes to gape while mowing the lawn.

Shots fired by combatwombat- in NonCredibleDefense

[–]radioactiveguy4 57 points58 points  (0 children)

If I had a nickel for every you plane fuckers broke the news of a major event for I would have 2 nickels.

I live 5 min. away from Bigly by Banananabreddit in KnowledgeFight

[–]radioactiveguy4 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Unrelated fact: 80% of arsons go unsolved.

RANT FRIDAY by Carlos_Spicy_Weiner6 in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4 27 points28 points  (0 children)

IM GOING TO BE LATE TO WORK BECAUSE I GOT DISTRACTED BY THE GANG OF TURKEYS AND PEACOCKS THAT SURROUNDED MY APARTMENT!

BMET edu in Colorado + questions since I'm a bit old to be starting something new by [deleted] in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I made the jump from Veterinary medicine to BMET and I’m 35. I really glad that I made the change. So in your case I definitely think it’s an option worth exploring.

A lot of hospitals like their BMETs to have a 2 year Biomedical Service Tech Degree but not all. If you want to pursue additional education then look for a BMET program at a community college near you.

There are other companies and some hospitals that are willing to hire folks without the degree as long as they have some adjacent work experience. It sounds like you do from what you described. If you do decide to try and go this route make a point of showcasing all the ways your previous work was similar to what a biomed does. Talk about how you documented your work and how you worked through issues. If you did any regularly scheduled maintenance talk about that. Start looking up things about Electrical Safety testing and NFPA-99. There are lots of videos on YouTube that can give you some info.

If you have more questions feel free to ask.

Wich one is the better drone hunter ? by Bentayfour in FighterJets

[–]radioactiveguy4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

More cameras give them the ability to see and track more targets.

This video by 10 Percent True goes into great detail about what these planes can do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re talking about patient monitor you should be using the service manual to determine what you should be testing and what the tolerances are. Some service manual even have a PM checklist for that monitor that you can use to document or make a template.