[USMA 1411] Re: Ancestry survey

I believe all US hospitals also use kilogram body mass and centimetres as well as celsius. > On 20 May 2020, at 22:24, Martin Vlietstra wrote: > > In the UK hospitals use metric units for height and weight measurements while > in Australia everybody uses kilograms. Since Ancestry.com >

[USMA 1413] Re: Ancestry survey

Sorry to bust your bubble, but, having been to several hospitals lately, I can attest to the fact that the hospitals I visited all used junk units/ When the nurse asked me how tall I was, I said "168". She acted like she did not no what I was talking about. I stated several times that I am 75 kilog

[USMA 1412] Re: Ancestry survey

Dear ListServer Folks, As a hospital pharmacist, I regret to say that, generally, true U.S. metrication of this patient data (patient height and body mass)may not yet be complete. Because American society AND American healthcare workers continue to use feet/inches and pounds on an everyday, col

[USMA 1414] Re: US Hospitals

-- Dale M. Parish 628 Parish RD Orange TX 77632-0264 409-790-2352 > On May 22, 2020, at 11:05, usma-requ...@lists.colostate.edu wrote: > > > I believe all US hospitals also use kilogram body mass and centimetres as > well as celsius. No, they do not. My practioneer at the local hospital cli

[USMA 1416] Re: Ancestry survey

It’s not older members of the public Martin. Also at private hospitals and NHS ones I’ve always noticed guides on walls behind weighing scales. Re ‘Older’ - In a zoom meeting at work we discussed health regarding this virus. The audience was Brits and Americans I mentioned that I had lost 16 lb

[USMA 1415] Re: Ancestry survey

A number of years ago I read of a death in the United Kingdom that resulted from misuse of imperial units. Unfortunately I no longer have the details, but as far as I can remember, the baby concerned had an underlying condition. Two different midwives checked and weighed the baby at the post-nat

[USMA 1418] outpatient visits and the metric system

When it comes to outpatient office visit, the treatment of patient height and weight is more like a retail pharmacy setting than it is a clinical encounter. Physicians and nurses at such venues have been accommodating patients on measurement units in America right up to now. If any U.S.-based ph