The last time I was weighed (mass is not a verb, even though its use as a noun is the correct SI usage) was at Kaiser. The scale was digital and switchable between SI and those other awful units. I switched it to SI and told the medical technician the reading. Believing it to be pound, she thought I was reading the display incorrectly. When I told her I'd switched to kilograms, she asked me to switch back and give her the reading in pounds.
In the immortal word of W.C. Fields, Drat! Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Jason Darfus >Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 19:37 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:28886] Doctors' scales > > >So tell me, are more physicians using scales that mass in >kilograms? Just out of personal experience, every doctor I've >ever visited had scales that weighed in pounds. I asked this to >my parents and they each said their doctors' scales 'weigh' in >kilograms. The doctor has a chart on the wall that shows the >conversion to pounds. I thought that was very cool. Anyone else? >It only makes sense since they dose medication in mL / kg. We >hear of medical mistakes all the time so this can only help >improve the situation. > >jd >
