That's what I also noticed when I rotated through surgery. Anesthesiologists operate exclusively in degrees Celsius when taking their 5-minute data points during surgeries, even in Fahrenheit hospitals. Their forms for all patient vitals are also entirely metric. They have the luxury of being a fairly independent service within the hospital, so they can establish their own rules for units, etc. I will be rotating through anesthesia in February, so I'll give you more of my impressions then.
Remek On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Remek, > When I was interviewed for anesthesia prior to my heart surgery, I gave my > body mass in kilograms and my height in meters. The anesthesia MD told me > those are the units he prefers for application of gas in units of ml/s for > each kilogram of body mass. > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:06:52 -0400 > >From: Remek Kocz <[email protected]> > >Subject: [USMA:46096] RE: Metric-only doctor visit > >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > > Here's the scoop from the 3rd year medical student > > currently rotating through a family medicine clinic > > (i.e. me): > > Medicine is taught mostly in metric. There is a > > very strong trend among hospitals towards metric > > usage only. This is at least due to a couple of > > obvious factors: medical literature is predominantly > > metric, and major hospitals are frequently teaching > > institutions... > > >
