I'm not sure what state but I doubt we have that law in NY. I routinely get measured in kg and m but many specialties will still do it in English. I have seen it all ways. Sometimes they do it in metric and use a chart to write it in English and vise versa. I'll have to ask my Dr. about it next visit see what they use predominantly. I think they like the English when talking to patients about weight management but use metric for dosing and other needs. I had a procedure for Kidney Stones and at the pre-op visit they did the measurements in metric. I am guessing the anesthesiologists works in kg for dosing of anesthesia but I can't be sure.
Howard R. Ressel Project Design Engineer New York State Department of Transportation -----Original Message----- From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of mechtly, eugene a Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:12 AM To: Pierre Abbat Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA 66] Re: units at the doctor Pierre, In what State did you visit your substitute doctor? I’m surprised that the scale for height was in millimeters rather than in centimeters! Usually, a nurse rather that a doctor does the routine bodily measurements. Eugene Mechtly > On Jan 19, 2016, at 2:19 PM, Pierre Abbat <p...@bezitopo.org> wrote: > > I went to the doctor yesterday, many months after my last visit. (Not > my usual doctor, but someone else in the same office.) She agreed that > it is absurd to measure patients' mass and temperature in backward > units, but said it's what the state requires. > > * What part of the government sets the units used in medicine? > > *Are the measuring instruments settable to measure in metric? I know > that the thing for measuring height has a millimeter scale. > > *Is the software set up so that data previously entered in old units > can be displayed in metric by just flipping a switch? > > Pierre > -- > li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list USMA@colostate.edu https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
