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10 years ago
Please help me calculate this question and show how you did it. Thank you.
The patient needs to have a piggyback of antibiotics administered over 40min. The pharmacy sent up a 10ml syringe for you to infuse. You are using the IV pump which works in ml/hr. What will you set the hourly rate of the IV pump at?
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10 years ago
\(\frac{10 mL}{40 min}*\frac{60 min}{1 hour} = \frac{15 mL}{hour}\)
min at top and bottom cancel.  this is called factor labeling or dimensional analysis (most people learn that in chem I/II)

10*60 = 600 and then 600/40 = 15 mL/hr

think about it, too: if you want 10 mL infused over 2/3 an hour, if you would do 15 mL in 1 hour, then you'd do 2/3's of 15 mL = 10 mL
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10 years ago
Thank you
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10 years ago
No problem you're welcome. Please mark as solved
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