EMP 205
Pharmacology Review
Name:__________________________
1.) The physician asks you to initiate a lidocaine drip on a patient you just resuscitated from cardiac arrest. You have a vial that contains 1g/5cc of lidocaine and you draw up and inject all 5cc into the bag of fluid. The physician ordered the patient to receive 2.0 mg/min of lidocaine. You have a 250 ml bag of normal saline and a 60gtt/ml drip set.
a. What is your drip rate in gtt/min? (5 points)
b. What is your drip rate in ml/hr? (5 points)
c. What is the concentration of your newly prepared lidocaine drip in mg/ml? (3 points)
d. What is the concentration of your newly prepared lidocaine drip in mg/ml? (2 points)
2. You start an epinephrine drip at 2mg/min on a bradycardic adult patient. You have a 500 ml bag of normal saline and 2 mg of epinephrine to mix the drip with providing a 4mg/ml concentration?
a. Using a 60gtt/ml administration set, what is drip rate in gtt/min in which drip should be infused? (5 points)
b. If you use a 10 gtt/ml administration set, what would be the new drip rate in gtt/min? (5 points)
3. You are ordered to administer a dopamine drip at 12mg/kg/min to an adult female that weighs 100 kg.
a. Using a 500 cc bag of normal saline in which you added 800 mg of dopamine and a 60 gtt/ml set, what is your infusion rate in gtt/min? (7 points)
b. What is the concentration of your drip in mg/ml? (3 points)