“Leo” Olson, an 5 year-old Beagle weighing 22.5 lb. needs in…

“Leo” Olson, an 5 year-old Beagle weighing 22.5 lb. needs intravenous fluids administered. The veterinarian prescribes a rate of 7.5mL/kg/hr. You grab the only size IV Administration set in the clinic which has a delivery rate of 10 gtt/mL written on the package. Without an IV fluid pump, you’re going to have to set a manual drip rate and you need to know how many drops per minute to set it at. After spending several minutes calculating, you come up with a drip rate of