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The following is taken from the lawyer for the McClain family:
Does anyone have any tips, tricks, or guidelines that allow them to accurately estimate a person's weight, especially in situations involving "poor lighting conditions, concealing clothing, <patients> movements" or several cops on top of a combative person?
While not going into the McClain tragedy, one skill I have always lacked throughout my career is estimating a person's weight properly. And yes, I have asked people their weight, to get an appropriate dose of weight-based medications, but I realize that isn't always a possibility.<the paramedic>was not in a position to make a reasonable estimate of Mr. McClain’s weight due to the poor lighting conditions, concealing clothing, Mr. McClain’s movements, and other factors that made visual weight estimation difficult
Does anyone have any tips, tricks, or guidelines that allow them to accurately estimate a person's weight, especially in situations involving "poor lighting conditions, concealing clothing, <patients> movements" or several cops on top of a combative person?