Course detail
Safety of Electrical Devices
FEKT-MPA-BEZAcad. year: 2021/2022
The course is an introduction to the issue of safe operation of electrical medical devices. Students will gain knowledge of the principles, legal provisions, safety regulations and technical standards in the field of safety in electrical engineering. Particular emphasis is placed on the specifics of medical equipment and the potential electrical and other risks, which may occur during their operation.
The course prepares students for the exam in terms of Notice No. 50/1978 Coll. of proficiency in electrical engineering. After a successful test before the commission (optional part of the course), graduates obtain the worker's qualifications for independent activity.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
- explain and apply the principles of protection against electric shock,
- explain protection against overloads and short circuits, and protecting against surges,
- define protection againts the effects of fire from electrical equipment,
- describe and identify possible electrical and other risks associated with the operation of medical electrical devices,
- apply first aid in case of electric shock including use of AED.
Optionally, students may graduate to qualify for independent work on electrical medical devices in terms of safe work and safe operation.
Prerequisites
- apply Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws in single-phase and three-phase circuits;
- explain the concepts of circuit analysis in harmonic steady state (e.g. impedance, effective and mean value).
Co-requisites
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Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Principles of electrical engineering. Basic laws of electric circuits. Alternating current, three-phase circuits.
3. Electric arrangement, electrical installation, electrical device mounting, conductor and terminals notation.
4. Classification of external influence, locations class in viewpoint of electric shock hazard, protection of electrical device.
5. Effects of electric current on human organism. Protection against electric shock.
6. Fire safety of electrical installation and medical electrical devices.
7. Safe product, safe installation, safe operation, terms of checks and inspections.
8. Protection of electric and electronic devices against lightning and overvoltage.
9. Medical electric devices, special requirements.
10. Special diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices, safety operation, protection from the harmful effects
11. Laic first aid in case of electric shock, application of AED
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Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
IEC 61010-2-040:2005 - Safety requirement for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MPA-BIO Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory