An apparatus includes a backboard configured to support an immobilized, supine individual during transportation of the individual and a weighing device associated with the backboard and moveable with the backboard during the transportation of the individual. The weighing device configured to determi
An apparatus includes a backboard configured to support an immobilized, supine individual during transportation of the individual and a weighing device associated with the backboard and moveable with the backboard during the transportation of the individual. The weighing device configured to determine weight of the individual on the backboard. A light on the backboard is in electronic communication with the weighing device, and the light is associated with a predetermined weight range. The light is configured to be illuminated only when the weight determined by the weighing device is within the predetermined weight range. The apparatus permits determining the dosage of a medicament to be administered to an individual, especially a pediatric patient, when the individual is on the backboard because the dosage of the medicament is correlated to the weight of the individual.
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1. An apparatus comprising: a backboard configured to support an immobilized, supine individual during transportation of the individual;a weighing device associated with the backboard and moveable with the backboard during the transportation of the individual, the weighing device configured to deter
1. An apparatus comprising: a backboard configured to support an immobilized, supine individual during transportation of the individual;a weighing device associated with the backboard and moveable with the backboard during the transportation of the individual, the weighing device configured to determine weight of the individual on the backboard, the backboard further comprising a numerical display of the weight of the individual; and,a light on the backboard, the light in electronic communication with the weighing device, the light associated with a predetermined weight range, the light configured to be illuminated only when the weight determined by the weighing device is within the predetermined weight range, the light configured to be visible by an emergency responder adjacent the backboard from a location where the numerical display of weight is not visible to the emergency responder. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light comprises a colored light. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light comprises a plurality of lights and each light of the plurality of lights corresponds to a different predetermined weight range. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the lights are color-coded to correspond to a first color scale for determining a dosage of a medicament, the dosage correlated to the weight of the individual. 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first color scale is a Broselow color scale. 6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the backboard further comprises a height measuring device configured to measure height of the individual. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the height measuring device is color-coded to correspond to a second color scale for determining a size of endotracheal tube for the individual, the size of endotracheal tube correlated to the height of the individual and the second color scale is a Broselow color scale. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light comprises one or more lights configured to display a plurality of colours, each colour corresponding to a different predetermined weight range and to a first colour scale for determining a dosage of a medicament, the dosage correlated to the weight of the individual. 9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the light is separately located from the numerical display. 10. A system for selecting a dosage of a medicament for an individual on a backboard, the system comprising: an apparatus as defined in claim 1; and,a dosage form of a medicament containing a dosage of the medicament appropriate for an individual having a weight in the weight range being indicated by the illuminated light. 11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the dosage form comprises a marking correlated to the illuminated light. 12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the system further comprises a plurality of packages, each package comprising a dosage form containing a dosage of medicament appropriate for a given weight range, wherein the light comprises a plurality of colored lights, each light of the plurality of lights corresponding to a different predetermined weight range,and wherein the packages comprise colored markings, the colored markings corresponding to the same weight ranges to which the colored lights correspond. 13. A method for determining a dosage of a medicament for an individual on a backboard, the method comprising: weighing the individual on the backboard with a weighing device associated with the backboard to determine a weight of the individual; and,illuminating one or more lights on the backboard in electronic communication with the weighing device, the lights configured to display a plurality of colours, each colour corresponding to a different predetermined weight range and to a first colour scale for determining a dosage of a medicament, the dosage correlated to the weight of the individual. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first color scale is a Broselow color scale. 15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising selecting a package containing the dosage of the medicament corresponding to the color of the illuminated light. 16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising determining a size of endotracheal tube for the individual and selecting a package containing the endotracheal tube of the size for the individual. 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the size of endotracheal tube is determined from the height of the individual. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the height of the individual is determined with a height measuring device color-coded to correspond to a second color scale for determining the size of endotracheal tube based on the height and the second color scale is a Broselow color scale. 19. The method according to claim 13, wherein the individual is a pediatric patient. 20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the backboard further comprises a numerical display of the weight of the individual and wherein the one or more lights is configured to be visible by an emergency responder adjacent the backboard from a location where the numerical display of weight is not visible to the emergency responder.
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