Drug Calculation Worksheet #3 Answer Key
1.) The physician orders you to administer a lidocaine drip to a patient that weighs 100 kg. Your lidocaine comes packaged in 2g/5cc. You are using a 1 L bag of normal saline. The ordered dose is 2 mg/min. Using a 60 drop administration set, what is your rate in drops per minute?
2.) What is your rate in ml/hour?
3.) What the concentration of your newly prepared drip that you should write on the bag in mg/ml?
4.) What is the concentration of the drip in mcg/ml?
5.) What would the drip rate be if you used a 10 drop set instead of a 60 drop set?
6.) The doctor orders you to administer a dobutamine drip to a patient that is hypotensive and showing signs of pulmonary edema. The patient weighs about 120 kg. The doctor orders you to administer 10 mg/kg/min using a microdrip administration set. You add 400 mg of dobutamine to a 250 cc bag. What is your initial administration rate in drops per minute?
7.) What is the concentration of your drip in mcg/ml?
8.) What would be the rate if you used a 10 drop set for your dobutamine drip?
9.) What is the concentration of the dobutamine drip in mg/ml?