TY - JOUR T1 - BET 1. CAN PARAMEDICS ACCURATELY PERFORM DRUG CALCULATIONS? JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 117 LP - 118 DO - 10.1136/emj.2008.070789 VL - 26 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2009/02/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/26/2/117.2.abstract N2 - Reported by: Kathryn J Eastwood, Masters StudentChecked by: Malcolm J Boyle and Brett Williams, Senior LecturersInstitution: Monash University, Victoria, AustraliaA short-cut review was carried out to establish whether parameduics can calculate drug doses accurately. A total of 1266 citations was reviewed, of which two partly answered the three-part question. The clinical bottom line is that even when paramedics are not under on-the-job pressure their ability to perform drug calculations accurately is poor.Paramedics may be exposed to incidents in uncontrolled environments, managing potentially critically ill patients, other people and other emergency services. In the presence of these factors, can paramedics still conduct drug calculations with a high degree of accuracy?Are [Paramedics’] [able to perform drug calculations] with [100% accuracy].Medline: 1950 to end of … ER -