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Drug calculation ability of qualified paramedics: a pilot study.

Boyle MJ, Eastwood K. Drug calculation ability of qualified paramedics: A pilot study. World J Emerg Med. 2018;9(1):41-45. doi:10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2018.01.006.

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February 28, 2018
Boyle MJ, Eastwood K. World J Emerg Med. 2018;9(1):41-45.
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Safe medication administration in the prehospital setting requires paramedics to rapidly and accurately calculate medication doses. Researchers tested 20 experienced Australian paramedics in a classroom and found that most made errors in dosing or arithmetic. In other studies, human factors engineering approaches showed promise in reducing reliance on mental math.

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Boyle MJ, Eastwood K. Drug calculation ability of qualified paramedics: A pilot study. World J Emerg Med. 2018;9(1):41-45. doi:10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2018.01.006.