Medication Administration worksheet 3
1.) The doctor orders you to administer a lidocaine drip to a 125 kg patient that was resuscitated from cardiac arrest at 2 mg/min. You add 2 g of lidocaine to a 500 ml bag of normal saline. Using a 60 gtt/ml administration set, what would be your drip rate in ml/hr?
2.) You decided to establish a dopamine drip on a 120 kg patient in cardiogenic shock. You start by mixing 800 mg of dopamine into a 500 cc bag of normal saline. Using a 60 gtt/ml administration set, what would be the drip rate if you start your drip at 5 mcg/kg/min?
3.) What is the concentration of your dopamine drip in mcg/ml from question #2?
4.) The physician orders you to initiate an epinephrine drip on a patient in severe bradycardia refractory to dopamine, atropine and TCP. The patient weighs 70 kg. You start by mixing the 2 mg of epinephrine into 500 cc of normal saline. The doctor ordered you to start the infusion at 10 mcg/min. What is your initial drip rate in gtt/min?
5.) The doctor orders you to administer 2 L of LR to a dehydrated patient. How many ml/hr should you set the pump to deliver if the fluid is ordered to be delivered over 4 hours and you only have one IV site.