#rounding

Everything you need to know about significant figures and how to use them in your calculations to make sure you are not misrepresenting the precision of your results.

WIP Harry Potter Anthology

Part III Rounding and backing

Edwin Lee Gibson

Facts

American actor

Filmography

Ebraheim [The Bear: 2022]

Mr. Jones [Rounding: 2022]

Mr. Hall [Mom and Dad: 2017]

Raqmaan [Blood First: 2014]

Ben [Law & Order: 2010]

Appearance

black hair

brown eyes

Roleplay

Me: Alrighty, in Room 1, we have Mr. Smith. He is a 63y/o male with a history of Afib and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy who presented with flash pulmonary edema and DVT. Cardiology is following. Following extensive diuresis and an increase in his home metoprolol, he is no longer in RVR and now satting mid-90s on room air. Once we get the prior auth on his Lovenox, he can go home.

Attending: Perfect.

Me: He also has an adorable bulldog at home.

Attending: Ah.

Me: Okay, next up in Room 2, we have Ms. Jones. She is a 74y/o female who received allogeneic stem cell transplant about 2 months ago and presented with rash and diarrhea suspicious for diarrhea. Heme/Onc is following. She is on Methylprednisolone with significant improvement in stool volume, now putting less than 500ml out. Her rash originally was ~50% BSA and is now about 20%. She will be discharged on Prednisone taper, pending Heme/Onc recs.

Attending: Good.

Me: And she has a little goldendoodle at home.

Attending: Nice.

Me: All right. Then in Room 3 is Ms. Williams. She is a 67y/o female who presented with urosepsis secondary to new kidney stone. She's had a wild hospital course and was extubated just 2 days ago. It appears that she also is now deaf. We've consulted ENT, and they suspect vestibular neuritis. I reached out to them to ask about starting steroids. She likely will not be returning home for at least another 48hrs while we sort this out.

Attending: I see.

Me: She has a giant derpy mutt at home.

Attending: I take it that you like dogs.

As Eddie is from the 19th century American West, this estimate will of course be in Tennessee Walking Horses, a unit with which he is very familiar. In order to convert to modern day units, please use the following chart:

‘You have bought 0 Tennessee Walking Horses of produce’ - this is an invalid weight of produce, please consider purchasing something

‘You have bought 1 Tennessee Walking Horse of produce’ - this is too great a weight of produce for our cashiers to handle, please consider purchasing less

Happy shopping!

P.S. It is probably worth noting that Eddie rounds up or down to the nearest horse; please be aware of this when consulting him