Drug Dosage Calculation

Name:_______________________________Date:________________________________ San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center Adult IV Drug Calculation Test 1. A provider orders D5W-1/2 normal saline IV at 150cc/hr for 2 liters in the PACU. There are no SmartPumps available. Using a 10-drop/mL set, please calculated the number of drops/min you should observe. 2. If you see a Plasmalyte bag running at approximated 33 drops/min using a 10 drops/mL tubing set, how many mL/hr is this? 3. You observe a patient in the PACU with normal saline gtts administered using a gravity tubing set of 10 drop/cc going at ~7 drops every 10 seconds. You look or the provider order to verify the rate, but there is no order. What is the current infusion rate in mL/hr? Given this fluid has no valid provider order, what do you do? 4. A provider orders dopamine drip in the PACU at a rate of 50 mcg/kg/min for a 75 kg male patient. Dopamine comes in a IV bag with the concentration of 6400 mcg/ml (1600 mg in 250 ml of NS). The bag is hung using an Alaris Smart Pump. You want to confirm the drip rate. What should the pump be administering in ml/hr? 5. A provider orders amiodarone load 150 mg over 10 minutes. You receive following IV bag from pharmacy: Amiodarone 150 mg/100ml D5W. What should the Smart Pump be administering in ml/hr? How many drops should you see over 15 second period in the 10 drops/ml drip chamber? Instructor signature:________________________________________Date:__________________________