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.
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.