re: Why does the doctors office weigh you with shoes and clothes on?

[b]What’s worse is the way the average Drs. office takes blood pressures.As soon as pt. walks in,sit down,slap a cuff on -same size for everyone ,skinny,normal,fat.May be too loose.Pt.may be treated for hypertension unnecessarily or may be hypertensive yet because of poor technique BP shows normal.
Don’t even get me started on EKG’s.There is a very detailed method for placing electrodes but yet you’ll see them stuck on all over the chest at random locations.

Some years ago I had EKG done pre-op for surgery next morning.Tech does it,puts it in basket to be read,I’m sure next AM.I asked he to see it,screwy EKG.My NPwife that worked in Cardiology was outside the door,I called her in to look at EKG.She says the limb leads are reversed,Tech does it again,this time normal.
What was scary to me was I doubt the EKG would have been read before I went to surgery.What if I actually had heart trouble and that’s why I had abnormal EKG rathe than incorrect lead placement.