Situation 2: You are treating a 127.6 lb female who is pres…
Situation 2: You are treating a 127.6 lb female who is presenting with non-rate-dependent frequent multi-focal PVC’s. You are ordered to administer to the patient a lidocaine bolus IV push of 1 mg/kg, followed by a lidocaine drip at a dosage of 2 mg/min. What is the patient’s weight? [A1] kg The pre-filled syringe for the lidocaine bolus comes packaged as “100 mg/10 ml..” What is the concentration of lidacaine? [A2] mg/ml How many ml of lidocaine do you push? [A3] ml You have a 500 ml bag of D5W to which you add 2 gm of lidocaine. Your IV tubing is a mini-drip solution set. What is the concentration of lidocaine? [A4] mg/ml How many gtt/min do you give? [A5] gtt/min
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