MED MATH Flashcards
BOLUS ADMINISTRATION
VOLUME ADMINISTRATION
MEDICATION DRIP
BOLUS ADMINISTRATION
TOP LEFT HAND BOX
DOSE ORDERED
The dose orderd by the physician.
Usually will be in mg
BOLUS ADMINISTRATION
BOTTOM LEFT HAND BOX
TOTAL AMOUNT OF MEDICATION
Dry weight of active medication in the container
(g/mg/mcg)
BOLUS ADMINISTRATION
TOP RIGHT HAND BOX
VOLUME OF MEDICATION CONTAINER
Volume of liquid medication is suspended in
(L/ml)
BOLUS ADMINISTRATION
BOTTOM RIGHT HAND BOX
CONSTANT OF 1
Bottom right hand box has a constant of 1 in the “Box Method”
VOLUME ADMINISTRATION
TOP LEFT HAND BOX
DOSE ORDERED
Dose ordered by the physician
Usually in ml
VOLUME ADMINISTRATION
BOTTOM LEFT HAND BOX
TIME IN MINUTES
Amount of time fluid will be administed. Convert hours to minutes.
Hours convereted to minutes because the answer will be in gtts/min
VOLUME ADMINISTRATION
TOP RIGHT HAND BOX
SIZE OF DRIP CHMABER
Size of the drip chamber.
- Micro = 60 gtts/ml
- Macro = 10 gtts/ml
- other Macro’s could be 15 gtts/ml, 10 gtts/ml
VOLUME ADMINISTRATION
BOTTOM RIGHT HAND BOX
CONSTANT OF 1
Bottom right hand box has a constant of 1 in the “Box Method”
MEDICATION DRIP
TOP LEFT HAND BOX
DOSE ORDERED
Dose ordered by physician.
Ususally in…
* mg/min
* mcg/min
* mcg/kg/m
MEDICATION DRIP
BOTTOM LEFT HAND BOX
CONCENTRATION OF MEDICATION
MEDICATION DRIP
TOP RIGHT HAND BOX
SIZE OF DRIP CHMABER
Size of the drip chamber.
- Micro = 60 gtts/ml
- Macro = 10 gtts/ml
- other Macro’s could be 15 gtts/ml, 10 gtts/ml
