kPa, The nurse in my doctor's office *always* measures and records my mass in kilograms and my height in centimeters.
The digital file of my own personal medical records at the Carle Clinic, which I can access by password, is also 100% in SI units although not always in the most coherent of SI units. e.g. centimeters rather than meters, and grams or milliliters per deciliter of blood serum, but I don't complain about the absence of the most coherent of SI units! You should persuade your doctors and nurses to *upgrade to SI units* instead of complaining that they measure and record in USC units! Eugene Mechtly ________________________________ From: Kilopascal [kilopas...@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 7:39 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53147] my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a consumer) When I go to the doctor, he doesn't weight me. His nurse or assistant does. She asks me what my height and weight are and when I give it to her in metres and kilograms, she asks me again what it is in USC. When I say I don't know, she puts me on the scale and reads my weight and height and records that. I'm sure the majority of doctors, if not all, in the US measure and record patients height and weight in USC, never metric. That is why there are dosing errors and will continue to be. These dosing errors are not enough to force the doctors and nurses to measure and record in metric. I believe Americans would chose death and injury due to misdosing over having to use metric. Otherwise this problem would have been corrected ages ago instead of perpetuating. Luckily for me I am not in need of any medications. So I'm not a candidate for misdosing. [USMA:53147] my letter to Taylor Precision Products (sent as a consumer)<http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=usma@colostate.edu&q=subject:%22%5BUSMA%3A53147%5D+my+letter+to+Taylor+Precision+Products+%28sent+as+a+consumer%29%22> Paul Trusten<http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=usma@colostate.edu&q=from:%22Paul+Trusten%22> Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:31:17 -0700<http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=usma@colostate.edu&q=date:20130810> I am delighted with my purchase of your Taylor Digital Bath Scale, Model 7562! It is an attractive addition to my bathroom, and I appreciate the LED readout so the scale can be read in any light. However, I was disappointed to discover that the measurement units defaulted to pounds, and I had to stop and set it to read out in kilograms. I was born and raised right here in the USA, but I think metric is the way to go now. Why not have your scale start there? And, it also makes it easier for doctors to dose some medications if people can conveniently report their weight to them in kilograms. Thanks, Paul Trusten
