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Chuck is a 17.2 kg poodle who needs to be put on an ampicillin 50 mg/mL CRI.  His fluid rate is 58 mL/hr. He needs the drug at a rate of 5 mg/kg/hr. He currently has a 1 Liter bag. What is the hourly CRI? [cri] How many hours will his bag last? [hours] How many mL of ampicillin are you infusing into his bag? [bag]

Jeanie Jelly Bean the chihuahua is a 7 kg and is on a fluid rate of 30 mL/hr.   You see that she is on a 500 mL fluid bag, and the VI (volume infused) on the pump says 88 mL. How much is left in the fluid bag?

You have 1 part OC and are doing a serial dilution using 9 parts diluent.  What will the dilution factor be in your 2nd vial?

A 15-kg dog is receiving maintenance fluids at a maintenance rate of 40 mL/kg/day.    What is the hourly fluid rate? [hr]    What is the drip rate on a 15 drops/mL set?  [gtt]  What do you find your the drops per second?? [sec1]   

Wendy the 3.8 kg Bengal cat is on IV Fluids at 19 mL/hr.    She needs her drops calculated for a 60 gtt/mL drip set. Calculate her drops per minute [min] Calculate her drops per seconds [sec]

Cheerio the 4.4 kg Bengal cat is on IV Fluids at 21 mL/hr.    She needs her drops calculated for a 60 gtt/mL drip set. Calculate her drops per minute [min] Calculate her drops per seconds [sec]

You made 60 mL of 0.3% Lidocaine.  How much of the Lidocaine 2% did you use to create this?

Goblin the pitty is 35.2 lb and needs IV fluids. You are tasked with calculating her TFN over 24 hours. You note that she is 2% dehydrated and has vomited 15 mL today.  Maintenance Requirement (MR) = [mr](rate is: 90 mL/kg/day)Hydration Deficit (HD) =  [hd](decimal  x  kg  x  1000 mL/24 hr)Contemporary Losses (CL) =  [cl] Total Fluid Needs (TFN) =  [tfn] What will her fluid hourly rate be? [HourlyRate] 

How many milliliters is this equivalent to?  

Betty weighs 7.8 kg and needs to be started on a 1/2 L bag at a fluid rate of 90 ml/kg/24 hr.  You will be infusing the bag with 40 mg/kg/day of a drug that comes in 30 mg/mL. What is hour CRI rate? [cri] How many hours will her fluid bag last? [hr] What volume of this medication will you add to her bag of fluids? [v] Oh no! The power went out!  You have to calculate her drip rates.  Using a 15 gtt/mL set, calculate: 1. drop minute rate [min] 2. drop second rate [sec]