Open AccessIs weight just a number? The accuracy of UK ambulance paediatric weight guidance ‐ findings from a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Karl Charlton,
Matt Capsey,
Christopher Moat
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british paramedic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1478-4726
DOI - 10.29045/14784726.2020.12.5.3.1
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , pediatrics , kilogram , body weight , age groups , dose , psychological intervention , demography , pathology , psychiatry , sociology
The weight of children provides the cornerstone of their clinical management, as many drug dosages, equipment sizes, fluid boluses, as well as DC shock energy, are administered on a per kilogram basis. Children who attend hospital are weighed using scales prior to receiving these interventions. This is not possible in the pre-hospital environment. A paucity of evidence exists to support the page for age weight guidance indicated by JRCALC, and it remains unknown if this approach meets the reference standard of 70% of estimations within 10% of actual weight and 95% within 20% of actual weight.