Your patient is a 36-year-old married female with two childr…

Your patient is a 36-year-old married female with two children and a ½ PPD smoker. She comes in for her scheduled appointment to review her birth control method and tells you she is attempting smoking cessation. She has been using COCs for three years and is satisfied with this method. Her menstrual cycles are regular and moderate in flow. Her most recent PAP test result was NILM, HPV negative. She has had 2 UTIs this past year, cleared on antibiotics. She is not planning on having any more children soon.You counsel your patient:

Following return of spontaneous circulation, you are ordered…

Following return of spontaneous circulation, you are ordered to begin a lidocaine infusion at 3 mg/min on your 50-year-old patient. You add 2 g of lidocaine to a 500-mL bag of normal saline and are using a microdrip administration set. At how many drops per minute (gtts/min) will you set the IV flow rate?