Making Sure to Check Children's Growth

Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson executive director of digital health at Seattle Children's hospital recently wrote on the Seattle Children's blog about the updated 2014 recommendations for children's check-ups. It's worth reading if you're a parent. The information parents should know is here. One of the most interesting facts Dr. Swanson mentions is #2 on her list-- growth.

"Growth: Children must get their growth checked at every single well check-up for their entire childhood. Babies should have a height, weight, and head circumference measured (through age 2) and then weight, height, and blood pressure should be checked at every check-up from age 3 and up," writes Dr. Swanson.

QuickMedical provides the medical supplies and equipment to make accurate dependable growth measurement easy for both parents and kids. Pediatric head circumference measuring tapeis latex free, making it ideal for measuring infant head circumferences. A durable growth chart such as the QM 338 Wall Growth Chart makes monitoring growth fun and easy for kids, at home, school, or the doctor's office. The polyester laminated covering makes it easy to clean. It has an adhesive backing for simple wall placement. It measures 0-78 inches or 0-198 centimeters. This can measure a person as tall as 6 feet 5 inches.

QuickMedical is also your online source for pediatric blood pressure monitors. Checking blood pressure in young people is important at every check-up. But it's important that the blood pressure monitor is designed for and approved for pediatric use. An improperly fitting blood pressure cuff will always give an inaccurate reading.

Dr. Swanson has also shared a large visual guide to the new recommendations. Doctors and parents should take a look at this and use it as a starting point to continue more conversations together about health and healthcare for kids.

An Affordable Seca Portable Stadiometer at QuickMedical

The seca 213 portable stadiometer in use.

The seca 213 portable stadiometer works with seca floor scales to create a height and weight measurement system for your clinic.

The All New Heightronic 235D

QuickMedical's popular flagship digital stadiometer, the Heightronic 235 has beensuccessful for the past 20 years. The Heightronic 235 has been considered the gold standard in height measurement and the world's first digital stadiometer. And now, the gold standard in digital stadiometers has been updated--the Heightronic 235D. The Heightronic 235D is a bold step forward in clinical height measurement. Customers and professionals have requested these updates and we've provided them. Click ahead to read about the innovative new features of the Heightronic 235D.

The latest enhancements on the 235 digital stadiometer include a new easy-glide, pressure sensitive headpiece. This headpiece automatically captures height measurement at a pre-determined downward pressure on contact with the patient's head.

The Heightronic 235D stadiometer has a wired USB interface as well as wireless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi module options for EMR. The wireless modules can be easily installed or even changed in the field to meet the facility's height measurement requirements. The full-length stadiometer can measure virtually infinite height ranges when calibrated with the new extended calibration tool. The Heightronic 235D maintains the original stadiometer's gold standard digital accuracy and precision and does not require baseboard removal for installation. The 235D Heightronic stadiometer is virtually maintenance-free. Calibration is quickly and easily verified with the push of a button.

Call QuickMedical today for information on ordering your new Heightronic 235D, 1-888-345-4858.

QuickMedical QM120 Flexible Extended Length Measuring Tape

QuickMedical QM120 Flexible Measuring Tape has an extended length of 120 inches. 

Stadiometer Q/A

Q.          I work in an endocrinology clinic and I've been instructed to find a stadiometer.

QuickMedical looks like it has the largest selection of stadiometers online, but because you have so many, I don't know which one to pick.
I need a reliable stadiometer that can hang on the wall. The head piece has to be rigid, and it has to be digital and easy to calibrate.
The display should be easy to read for shorter nurses. (I'm only 5 foot!) We position the head in Frankfurt plane so the digital display has to be above the head, not mounted on the wall. We would prefer lithium batteries if possible.
We are measuring very short and very tall people so we need a model that can measure everyone from children to adults. We also need a kick plate for positioning the patient properly against the back of the stadiometer.
Can you please recommend a model that will meet all these needs?
Kind regards,
Nurse Mary

A.          Thanks for writing, Nurse Mary. Yes, we have a model that will meet all these needs, and more. It's the Gold Standard in measuring devices--the 235A Heightronic Digital Stadiometer. Why is the 235A the gold standard?

Teela-He-Man Height Measurement

 

Who's taller? He-Man or Teela?  I don't think we need a stadiometer! Teela wins by a ponytail! :)

Height Rules from QuickMedical

The QM178 Security Rule provides a quick relative height reference measuring tool as an individual passes by a door with a security rule in place. The chart is easily mountable on door jams and window frames. The adhesive backing is semi-permanent. The security rule is 1 7/8 inches wide by 37 inches high and begins measuring at 3' 8 inches and measures up to 6' and 8 inches in height. Height can be quickly read down to the one-half inch. http://www.quickmedical.com/measure/security_rule.html

Why Pick a Digital Stadiometer?

Cost is certainly a factor in picking a digital stadiometer for your clinic. But Dominus continues that the choice of a digital stadiometer reveals something even more complex. He writes, "I said a while back that it is a good idea to get in the habit of assuming that everything is more complex than you imagine. I think there is parallel advice here: assume that bad technical decisions are made rationally, for reasons that are not apparent." This is a great insight when thinking about digital stadiometers, medical equipment, a website, or even just a TV sitcom. The choices you make in your clinic or office when it comes to weighing and measuring devices are important. Visit QuickMedical for the best selection and the widest variety of choices in professional weighing and measuring equipment.

The manual stadiometers were always giving inaccurate readings and that they constantly had to have the service guys in to recalibrate them. The electronic stadiometer, she said, is much more reliable. 'But it's a really expensive stadiometer,' I said." "The service calls on the manual stadiometers were costing us a fortune."