Faculty & Staff Publications - Public Safety
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Description
Paramedics are taught several methods for estimating pediatric weight, including various age-based formulae. Previous studies have demonstrated that paramedics find estimation of pediatric weights challenging, and their estimation abilities are often inaccurate.
Publication Date
2018
Recommended Citation
Bernaerts, Scott; Shelton, Jesse; Weston, Emily; Dremers, Eric; Miller, Jordan; van der Groef, Tristan; and Batt, Alan, "Can Canadian paramedic students accurately estimate pediatric weight?" (2018). Faculty & Staff Publications - Public Safety. 5.
https://first.fanshawec.ca/fhcsps_publicsafety_facultystaffpublications/5
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