Medmath review

not math

100

The proprietary drug name, owned and used exclusively by a specific manufacturer is the:

A. Generic name

B. Trade name

C. Company name

D. None of the above

What is the trade name?

200

What size syringe would be used to administer 3.4mL?

What is a 6mL syringe?

300

The process by which a drug is removed from the body after it has been used is:

A. Absorption

B. Excretion

C. Distribution

D. Metabolism

B. Excretion

400

Which classification of pharmacodynamics is defined as: working on 2 separate receptors (one that blocks and one that stimulates)

A. antagonist

B. partial agonist

C. Agonist

D. Mixed agonist- antagonist

What is mixed agonist- antagonist?

500

Translate to laymans term

4 caps PO Sid x2d

Please give 4 capsules by mouth twice a day for two days.

algebra/ conversions

100

Express 0.8 as a fraction

What is 4/5?

200

Express 26% as a decimal

0.26

300

Convert 250mg/mL to a percent solution

What is 25%?

400

Convert 1,000mcg to g

What is 0.001g?

500

What is 99.8F to Celsius?

What is 37.7C?

Drug orders and Drug labels

100

What does the abbreviation AS stand for?

What is left ear?

200

A concentration of 5% is equivalent to how many mg/mL?

What is 50mg/mL

300

What will we see on a drug label if the drug is a controlled substance category 3?

Large "C" plus the roman numeral III

400

What are the aspiration effects for 

IV

IM

SQ

IV- blood

IM- negative pressure

SQ- negative pressure

500

Translate: .5mL syr prn AU

Please give .5mL of syrup as needed in both ears

Basic Dose Calculations

100

Pt weights 44lb and needs a drug at 5mg/kg. How many mg of drug are we going to give?

What is 100mg

200

PT has been in hospital for 3 days now and needs 100mg of drug. Concentration is 200mg/mL. PT weights 49lbs and has frequent nausea and vomiting's.

What is 0.5mL

300

A 20kg animal needs 100 mg and concentration is 50mg/tab once a day. If we are sending him home with a 2 week supply of this drug, how many tabs is he bringing home?

X= 2 tabs

for 14 days

28 tabs

400

State what is wrong with the following drug order. There are 3 mistakes.

Please give 2.0 mgs of 0.1g/kg medication.

2.0 is just 2

mg not mgs

100mg/kg instead of 0.1g/kg

500

What is the dose range for a 1.7kg bird with a dosage range of 2.2-4.4mg/lb 

What is 8.3mg-16.5mg?

"Other" calculations

100

What is the mode of the following weights of dogs?

15kg, 28kg, 80kg, 56kg, 15kg, 79kg, 28kg, 67kg, 57kg, 28kg

What is 28kg?

200

What is the mean of the following heart rates?

57bpm, 38bpm, 90bpm, 78bpm, 37bpm, 66bpm

Mean is 61bpm

300

Convert 102F to C

What is 38.8C

400

What is the RER for a patient who is 38kg?

1,210 kcal/day

500

Patient has weighed 17.0, 17.8, and 17.4 lbs on his last three visits to the vet. What is his median weight? Based on his median weight what is his RER?

17.4lbs

307kcal/day