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Posted on 5/27/16 at 3:49 pm to VOLcano
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We use metric for pretty much everything in medicine. It's been that way for a while. They may have told you your weight in pounds but recorded it in kg, because usually when you tell a person a metric unit they look at you like you have two heads.
This. I have no idea how long it's been like that though. But that's what I learned in nursing school and that was back before 2000.
It's super easy to convert between the kg and pound for those unfamiliar with it. Take kg and multiply by 2.2.....that is how many pounds. Take pounds and divide by 2.2....that is how many kg.
Posted on 5/27/16 at 3:51 pm to Peazey
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Metric is so much better. I'll never be able to visualize it as well, but if they start soon the next generation won't be as fricked.
Posted on 5/27/16 at 3:52 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 5/27/16 at 3:53 pm to lsutiger2010
330 kg is like 650 lbs you dipshite
Posted on 5/27/16 at 3:54 pm to L S Usetheforce
I don't think many doctors understand the metric system. Before my old doctor passed away, I was getting 2000 cc injections of adrenaline to treat an anxiety disorder and now I cannot find a doctor who will give me the same. They claim it's too much despite my pleading that it's the normal dosage that I had been receiving.
Posted on 5/27/16 at 4:50 pm to SouthBendBob
2000 cc is a volume not a dose. Adrenalin is epinephrine....how in the hell would you be getting 2L of epi?
Posted on 5/27/16 at 4:54 pm to VOLcano
C.C.s
Posted on 5/27/16 at 4:54 pm to jennBN
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how in the hell would you be getting 2L of epi?
I'm picturing those big containers of golytely
Posted on 5/27/16 at 4:56 pm to jennBN
The only thing I struggle with in metric is when doing temps. Luckily I have a little cheat sheet card on my id badge so that when parents ask me what 38.9 is...I can whip it out and say "your kid has a temp of 102".
Posted on 5/27/16 at 5:19 pm to SuperSaint
The US has been going metric for awhile now.
Posted on 5/27/16 at 5:33 pm to vidtiger23
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The US has been going metric for awhile now.
It would've happened in the seventies when they tried it originally. I should've never heard of an inch or a gallon.
Posted on 5/27/16 at 5:47 pm to CCTider
It'll never happen.
Any idea how much standard-sized pipe there is in this country?
Any idea how much standard-sized pipe there is in this country?
Posted on 5/27/16 at 5:54 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
It will never happen completely as long as football is being played.
Posted on 5/27/16 at 6:24 pm to dabigfella
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330 kg is like 650 lbs you dipshite
Cool. As long as it is not 726...
Posted on 5/27/16 at 7:54 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:Pretty much all of it. Pretty much all construction materials are in inches and feet. You might occasionally other units, but rarely.
It'll never happen.
Any idea how much standard-sized pipe there is in this country?
Posted on 5/27/16 at 9:30 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Any idea how much standard-sized pipe there is in this country?
They already deal with this... for instance a 4" dia. pipe (actually 4.5" OD) is a 100mm pipe nominally (114.3mm OD)
Posted on 5/27/16 at 9:33 pm to tke857
Epic is implementing kg into the system
Posted on 5/27/16 at 9:40 pm to tigercraig
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Same just happened to me. Ochsner?
Same here , last two doc appts , I weighed in at 106 kg ( big boned )
Posted on 5/27/16 at 10:30 pm to tke857
Kegs? I've been using kegs all my life.
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