1. You are required to give 12.5mg of morphine intravenously. Inyour ward stock your ampoules come in 10mg per 1ml.
How much of the ampoule do you need?
2. Your patient’s blood pressure does not respond to the singlestrength infusion and the ICU consultant orders quad strengthnoradrenaline to run at 10mls/hr.
In this ICU quad strength noradrenaline is made by adding 16mgof noradrenaline to 50mls of a compatible fluid.
a) What is the concentration of quad strengthadrenaline in mcg/ml?
b) How many mg/hr will the patient bereceiving?
3. John Watson is a 67-year-old who is admitted to CCU followinga cardiac arrest. He has been prescribed an Amiodarone infusion bythe cardiologist of 15mg/kg over 24 hours to be diluted in 500ml of5% Dextrose.
Amiodarone comes in 150mg/3ml ampules and John weighs 76kgs.
a) How many mg of Amiodarone is required forthe 24-hour infusion?
b) How many mls of Amiodarone is this? (we needto know this as we need to remove this amount from the 5% Dextrosebag)
c) What is the concentration of amiodaronesolution in mg/ml?
d) Calculate the flow rate in ml/hr toadminister the 15mg/kg over 24 hours in 500mls of 5% Dextrose
