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Chapter 6: Calculating intravenous rates
Question type 1
Nigel Farouk requires 1 litre of a plasma product over 8 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Nigel's IV rate.
31 drops/min
Wendy Willett requires 1/2 litre of a plasma product over 6 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Wendy's IV rate.
1 drops/min
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
Ali Abdullah requires 3/4 litre of a plasma product over 4 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Ali's IV rate.
47 drops/min
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
Merci James requires 750ml of a plasma product over 5 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Merci's IV rate.
38 drops/min
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
Johann Johannes requires 250ml of a plasma product over 3 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Johann's IV rate.
21 drops/min
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
Additional questions
The patients today are to each receive a plasma product as part of their treatment. Calculate the IV rate for each of the following patients given their amounts of medication listed. Each IV will be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set.
Julie Swan 500ml over 5 hours
Hussein Patel 1 litre over 6 hours
John Star 1/2 litre over 4 hours
Lenny Short 400ml over 3 hours
Sarah Long 3/4 litre over 7 hours
Additional answers
25 drops/min
42 drops/min
31 drops/min
33 drops/min
27 drops/min
Thom Flynn is to receive 750ml of Hartmann's solution over 8 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Thom.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
31 drops/min
Francisca Hall is to receive 1.3 litre of Hartmann's solution over 9 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Francisca.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
48 drops/min
Simon Cramp is to receive 1 litre of Hartmann's solution over 5 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Simon.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
67 drops/min
Kareb Mohamed is to receive 500ml of Hartmann's solution over 3 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Kareb.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
56 drops/min
Poppy Brock is to receive 900ml of Hartmann's solution over 5 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Poppy.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
60 drops/min
Additional questions
Calculate the rate of the IV for each of the following patients for the amounts of Hartmann’s Solution (CSL) listed. Each IV will be using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set.
Mina Patel 1/2 litre over 4 hours
Sharon Kite 750ml over 3 1/2hours
Frank Smith ¾ litre over 6 hours 30 minutes
Noah Tablet 1 ½ litres over 18 hours
Adam Stone 500ml over 2 hours 45 minutes
Additional answers
42 drops/min
71 drops/min
38 drops/min
28 drops/min
61 drops/min
Question type 3
Jessica Wallace is to receive 3/4 litre of Lactated Ringer's solution over 7 1/2 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Jessica.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
33 drops/min
Thomas Major is to receive 1.85 litres of Lactated Ringer's solution over a day using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Thomas.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
26 drops/min
Meow Felinez is to receive 750ml of Lactated Ringer's solution over 5 hours 45 minutes using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Meow.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
43 drops/min
Nassir Hussein is to receive 1.25 litres of Lactated Ringer's solution over 12 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Nassir.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
35 drops/min
Poppy Seedz is to receive 3 litres of Lactated Ringer's solution over 24 hours using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate the rate of the IV for Poppy.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
42 drops/min
Additional questions
Calculate the rate of the IV for each of the following patients for the amounts of Lactated Ringer’s Solution listed. Each IV solution will be using a Macrodrip 20 drops/ml drip chamber giving set.
Charlie Cat 900ml over 5 hours
Mark Pain 1 litre over 6 hours
Olive Short 1.5 litres over 9 hours
Paris Walker 750ml over 4 hours
Amber Barton 500ml over 2 hours
Additional answers
60 drops/min
56 drops/min
56 drops/min
63 drops/min
83 drops/min
Question type 4
Ghana Khartoum is in a critical condition and needs to receive 1/2 litre of IV fluid over 5 hours using a Microdrip 60 drops/ml giving set drip chamber. Calculate the rate of IV infusion.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
100 drops/min
Lucy Freeman is in a critical condition and needs to receive 200ml of IV fluid over 75 minutes using a Microdrip 60 drops/ml giving set drip chamber. Calculate the rate of IV infusion.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
160 drops/min
Linda Peters is in a critical condition and needs to receive 0.75 litre of IV fluid over 4 hours using a Microdrip 60 drops/ml giving set drip chamber. Calculate the rate of IV infusion.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
188 drops/min
Hilda Hammer is in a critical condition and needs to receive 500ml of IV fluid over 6 hours using a Microdrip 60 drops/ml giving set drip chamber. Calculate the rate of IV infusion.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
83 drops/min
Carol Johnstone is in a critical condition and needs to receive 0.1 litre of IV fluid over 1 hour using a Microdrip 60 drops/ml giving set drip chamber. Calculate the rate of IV infusion.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
100 drops/min
Additional questions
Following a busy period in Woodlands Hospital A&E, the following patients have been transferred to the Carnation Critical Care Unit where you are on shift. Calculate the rate of IV infusion for each of the following patients using a Microdrip 60 drops/ml giving set drip chamber for the amounts of IV fluid shown.
Mercy Adebola 300ml over 3 hours
Glynis Sharp 500ml over 5 hours
Hilda James ½ litre over 6 hours
Larry High 0.6 litre over 4 hours
Janet Snow 0.05 litre over 1 hour
Additional answers
100 drops/min
100 drops/min
83 drops/min
150 drops/min
50 drops/min
Question type 5
Caroline Peates requires rehydration IV treatment for 8 hours at 95ml/h. Calculate the total infusion amount in millilitres.
760
James Pagan requires rehydration IV treatment for 7.5 hours at 105ml/h. Calculate the total infusion amount in millilitres.
787.5
Jessica Keller requires rehydration IV treatment for 5 hours 45 minutes at 50ml/h. Calculate the total infusion amount in millilitres.
287.5
Abe Khatun requires rehydration IV treatment for 3 hours 20 minutes at 165ml/h. Calculate the total infusion amount in millilitres.
550
Ciaran O'Rourke requires rehydration IV treatment for 4.25 hours at 75ml/h. Calculate the total infusion amount in millilitres.
318.75
Additional questions
After a particularly hot day, several competitors from various sports have been brought to the surgery where you are working on placement. They are all suffering from dehydration and heat-related stress symptoms. The general practitioner has decided to put them all on rehydration IV treatment with D5W. Calculate the infusion amount in millilitres that each of the following competitors will receive.
Joline James 2 ½ hours at 40ml/h
Paul Brook 3 hours at 60ml/h
Simon Payne 4 hours 15 minutes at 80ml/h
Graham Moore 1 hour 30 minutes at 50ml/h
Alan Gray 2 hours at 100ml/h
Additional answers
100ml
180ml
340ml
75ml
200ml
Question type 6
Buster Moves is to receive 1 litre of chemotherapy treatment using a volumetric pump set at 200ml/h. How long will it take to administer Buster's treatment?
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours.
5 hours
Onya Cycle is to receive 2 litres of chemotherapy treatment using a volumetric pump set at 500ml/h. How long will it take to administer Onya's treatment?
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours.
4 hours
Rad Casey is to receive 1 litre of chemotherapy treatment using a volumetric pump set at 400ml/h. How long will it take to administer Rad's treatment?
Write your answer in written form e.g. 3 hours 40 minutes.
2 hours 30 minutes
Rosie Rubberneck is to receive 2.5 litres of chemotherapy treatment using a volumetric pump set at 750ml/h. How long will it take to administer Rosie's treatment?
Write your answer in written form e.g. 3 hours 40 minutes.
3 hours 20 minutes
Thomas La Bengal is to receive 2 litres of chemotherapy treatment using a volumetric pump set at 250ml/h. How long will it take to administer Thomas' treatment?
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours.
8 hours
Additional questions
Your placement sees you working in a respite day centre for cancer patients. Some of the patients are due their chemotherapy treatments and these will be given today using a number of volumetric pumps. Calculate the time the patients will require to receive their IV amounts.
Stuart Mitchell 1 litre at 250ml/h
Sally Salone 1.5 litres at 200ml/h
Richard Goodey 1 litre at 300ml/h
Fay Fawcett 2.5 litres at 500ml/h
Abe Tamboya 0.75 litre at 200ml/h
Other questions on the existing site that should be kept
Busi Adeloa is to receive 1.25 litres of Lactated Ringer's Solution over 4 hours through an IV. Calculate the rate at which the volumetric pump should be set in ml/h.
312.5
Olivia Campbell is to receive 1.35 litres of Lactated Ringer's Solution over 4.5 hours through an IV. Calculate the rate at which the volumetric pump should be set in ml/h.
300
Capital Casey is to receive 1.1 litres of Lactated Ringer's Solution over 2.75 hours through an IV. Calculate the rate at which the volumetric pump should be set in ml/h
400
Rosy Reynolds is to receive 2.5 litres of Lactated Ringer's Solution over 6 hours 15 minutes through an IV. Calculate the rate at which the volumetric pump should be set in ml/h.
400
Carolyn Penny is to receive 1.8 litres of Lactated Ringer's Solution over 6 hours through an IV. Calculate the rate at which the volumetric pump should be set in ml/h.
300
Calculate the time Buster Ironsides will require to receive his IV treatment if he is to receive 1 litre at 200ml/h.
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours.
5 hours
Calculate the time Onyeta Tamboya will require to receive her IV treatment if she is to receive 2 litres at 500ml/h.
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours.
4 hours
Calculate the time Cadwell Casey will require to receive his IV treatment if he is to receive 1 litre at 400ml/h.
Write your answer in written form e.g. 3 hours 40 minutes.
2 hours 30 minutes
Calculate the time Rosie Rubenstein will require to receive her IV treatment if she is to receive 2.5 litres at 750ml/h.
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours 15 minutes.
3 hours 20 minutes
Calculate the time Thomas Bengal will require to receive his IV treatment if he is to receive 2 litres at 250ml/h.
Write your answer in written form e.g. 2 hours.
8 hours
Nigella Faroff requires 1 litre of a plasma product over 10 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Nigella's IV rate.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
25 drops/min
Wendy Wassit requires 1/2 litre of a plasma product over 5 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Wendy's IV rate.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
25 drops/min
Alistair Abdul requires 3/4 litre of a plasma product over 6 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Alistair's IV rate.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
31 drops/min
Jodi James requires 750ml of a plasma product over 5 hours. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate Jodi's IV rate.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
38 drops/min
John Johnstone requires 250ml of a plasma product over 150 minutes. It is to be delivered using a Macrodrip 15 drops/ml drip chamber giving set. Calculate John's IV rate.
Write your answer in the form xx drops/min.
25 drops/min