re: Calling LSUNURSE, other nurses, or mathematicians

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Sorry but I have never run an epi drip on a 70kg person with micro drip tubing. Regardless that would only make a difference in calculating gtts/min. In this example it wouldn't matter the size of the tubing as they are asking for ml/hr. We have already arrived at the conclusion that 2100ml/hr is the correct rate. Everyone realizes that that is a ridiculous answer, as is the answer given on the handout .43ml/hr. Both infusion rates are preposterous, just like giving 1mcg/kg/min of epi when it is always dosed mcg/min. Giving 1mcg/kg/min to a 70kg person results in 4.2mg/hr, which is also dumb.

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And people say that when someone comes here to post. "I Just cut my thumb off, what should I do"
or "I feel like I'm having a heart attack, what should I do?" That they are dumb.

Not so with this kind of medical knowledge on the board!