Why isn’t blood pressure measured in pounds per square inch like every other pressure measurement?
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The medical field is mainly metric.
Drug doses are calculated in cubic centimeters, patient (most of the time) are measured in KG, and CM….
We use Fahrenheit for temperature mainly so people understand it, most medical personnel measure in Celsius.
The metric system is such a norm, (I am a EMT) when someone (CNA I think) gave me a patients temperature in Fahrenheit, they lost all credibility in my eyes.
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