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.

Wall Growth Charts for Children

Growth before birth is very rapid. Although rates vary throughout pregnancy, at some points the baby grows about one inch per week. If this rate were to continue, children would grow 4 feet each year!

Growth is also rapid during the first year of life. By their first birthday, most babies have grown 7 to 10 inches in length and tripled their birth weight. Growth begins to slow between ages 1 and 2 (4 to 5½ inches a year). After age 2, growth remains steady until adolescence, when teens experience a puberty-related growth spurt. Growth continues until the child is 16 to 18 years old, when the bone ends fuse.

The adolescent growth spurt lasts about two years and is accompanied by the development of sex organs and the growth of pubic hair, as well as the beginning of menstruation in girls. This growth spurt begins at different times for different children — between ages 8 to 15 in girls and ages 9 to 15 in boys.  During this growth spurt, girls grow at a rate of 2½ to 4½ inches per year and boys grow about 3 to 5 inches per year. On average, boys begin puberty about two years later than girls, but their growth spurt lasts longer.

QuickMedical is your online source for wall growth charts for children.

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