Ask Question
8 January, 23:12

An 80 year-old with internal bleeding is admitted through the emergency room after a motor vehicle accident. the physician has ordered 2 units of packed red blood cells (1 unit is 250 ml) to infuse over 1 hour each. the drip rate on the blood administration set is10 gtt/ml. what would be the flow rate in drops per minute?

+4
Answers (1)
  1. 9 January, 02:47
    0
    We are given:

    2 units of packed red blood cells infused over 1 hour each, so 1 unit per hour

    1 unit is equivalent to 250 ml

    10 gtt/mL

    solve for the volume per unit time:

    1 unit per hour / 1 unit / 250 mL = 250 mL per hour

    The flow rate in drops per minute is determined by:

    - converting hours to minutes:

    250 mL per hour * (1 hour / 60 minutes) = 4.2 mL per minute

    -multiplying gtt/ml to flow rate

    4.2 mL/min * 10 gtt/mL = 42 gtt/minute

    Therefore the final flow rate in drops per minute is 42 gtt per minute.
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question ✅ “An 80 year-old with internal bleeding is admitted through the emergency room after a motor vehicle accident. the physician has ordered 2 ...” in 📘 Biology if you're in doubt about the correctness of the answers or there's no answer, then try to use the smart search and find answers to the similar questions.
Search for Other Answers