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100
Administer 70mcg/min Nitroglycerin (concentration of 200mcg/mL) using a 60-drop/mL drip set. _________
21 gtt/min
100
Convert 111.4 g to mg =
111,400 mg
100
Doctor orders 12 mg/kg of Acyclovir. The patient weighs 115 lbs. Acyclovir is supplied as 100 mg/2mL. How many mL will you administer?
12.48 ml
100
While on scene of a cardiac arrest conversion your supervisor tells you to set up an epinephrine drip. You have one ampule of 1:1000 epinephrine (1mg/mL) to be placed in a 100mL I.V. bag. You are instructed to start the drip at 5µg/min. At what rate will you set the microdrip administration set?
30 gtt/min
100
165lbs=_____kg
75 kg
200
Administer 5mcg/minute of Epinephrine (concentration of 4mcg/mL) using a 60-drop/mL drip set. _________
75 gtt/min
200
The doctor orders a starting dose of 2 µg/min of epinephrine. Your assistant has mixed 1 mg of epinephrine into a 250-milliliter bag of normal saline. Using a micro-drip set, at what rate will you set your administration set?
30 gtt/min
200
1g/10mL = ______________
How many mg per 1 ml?
100 mg
200
You have a patient that weighs 150 pounds. He has been resuscitated and now has a BP of 60/40. You are going to establish a dopamine drip IV piggyback. You are using a 60gtt set and wish to deliver 5 mcg/kg/min. You mix 200 mg of dopamine into 250 ml of normal saline. What is your flow rate?
25.5 gtt/min
200
Your 132-pound cardiac patient is in cardiogenic shock. The doctor orders a dopamine drip to be initiated at 10 µg/kg/min. Your partner has just placed 400 milligrams of dopamine hydrochloride (Intropin) into a 500-milliliter bag of D5W. At how many drops per minute will you adjust your microdrip administration set to drip?
45 gtt/min
300
Administer 500mL/hour of normal saline using a 10-drop/mL drip set.
83.3 gtt/min
300
The order in the emergency center reads “I.V., NS 350mL/hr”. Using a macrodrip administration set (10gtt/mL), at how many drops per minute will you set your administration set?
58.3 gtt/min
300
180 lbs = how many KG's?
81 kg
300
You are going to be initiating a nitroglycerine drip in the field for a patient with a confirmed STEMI. You have your microdrip tubing prepared and are to start the drip at 15 mcg/min. Your patient says that he weighs about 180 pounds. How many drops per minute are necessary?
9 gtt/min
300
Your 150lb patient is experiencing multifocal premature ventricular contractions (P.V.C’s) and complains of chest pain. Your standing orders state to administer 1mg/kg of lidocaine. The lidocaine in your ambulance reads “100mg/5mL”.
How many milligrams will you administer?
3.4 mg
400
You have just received orders to initiate an epinephrine drip on your 22-pound pediatric patient. The order is to mix 1 milligram of epinephrine into a 250-milliliter bag of D5W and run at 0.1 µg/kg/min. Using a microdrip administration set, at how many drops per minute will the infusion run?
15 gtt/min
400
The doctor orders 0.01 mg/kg atropine I.V. for your bradycardic patient who weighs 130 pounds. The atropine in your ambulance reads “1mg/mL”.
How many milligrams will you administer?
0.59 mg
400
Administer 17mcg/kg/minute Dopamine (concentration of 1600mcg/mL) using a 60-drop/mL drip set. Your patient weighs 55 kg.
35 gtt/min
400
Administer 75mcg Fentanyl citrate (concentration of 250mcg/5mL)
1.5 mg
400
Administer 3.5mg/minute Lidocaine (concentration of 4mg/mL) using a 60-drop/mL drip set.
52.5 gtt/min
500
Administer 200mg/hour Morphine sulfate (concentration of 5mg/mL) using a 60-drop/mL drip set. _________
40 gtt/min
500
You are ordered to administer 2 Liters of Normal Saline to a patient over the next 8 hours? You have the following tubing available. Please give me the gtt/min for each drip set
10 gtt set: _____________________
15 gtt set: _____________________
10 gtt set = 41.6 gtt/min
15 gtt set = 62.6 gtt/min
500
You are responsible for providing the proper dose of etomidate to your partner so that he can initiate the RSI procedure for your patient. The patient weighs an estimated 175 pounds. You are to draw up 0.3 mg/kg of etomidate into the appropriate syringe. How many mg are required? How many mL will you have to draw up? How many vials will be required?
24 mg/12ml/2 Vials
500
You have a patient who is presenting with an exacerbation of congestive heart failure. After the administration of nitroglycerine you decide to give the patient furosemide at a dose that is twice that of his daily dose. The patient normally takes 40 mg of furosemide daily. How many mg will you give to the patient? How many mL will you draw up from the vial?
80 mg/8 ml
500
You are in the Emergency center and the doctor orders an infusion of D5W to run at 200 mL/hr. You have a macrodrip administration set (15 gtt/ml). At how many drops per minute will you set the administration set to drip?
50 gtt/min