Paediatric weight estimation practices of advanced life support providers in Johannesburg, South Africa
Introduction: The choice of weight estimation method to use during prehospital paediatric emergency care is important because it needs to be both accurate and easy to use. Accuracy is important to ensure optimum drug dosing while ease-of-use is important to minimise user errors and the cognitive loa...
Main Authors: | Mike Wells, Laurice Barnes, Craig Vincent-Lambert |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17301507 |
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