9. Your cardiac patient is exhibiting signs and symptoms of cardiogenic shock. Medical Control orders a dopamine infusio
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9. Your cardiac patient is exhibiting signs and symptoms of cardiogenic shock. Medical Control orders a dopamine infusio
9. Your cardiac patient is exhibiting signs and symptoms of cardiogenic shock. Medical Control orders a dopamine infusion at 3 ug/kg/min. The patient's wife states that her husband weighs about 150 pounds. The vial of dopamine is labeled 200 mg/5 mL. You have a 250-milliliter bag of DSW. At how many drops per minute will you adjust your microdrip administration set to drip? You are setting up an isoproterenol (Isuprel) drip on your 75-pound pe- diatric patient suffering from refractory bronchospasm. The doctor has ordered 0.1 mg/kg/min. The vial label reads “1 mg/5 mL.” You have a 250-milliliter bag of DSW with a microdrip administration set. At how many drops per minute will you adjust your microdrip administration set to drip?
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