metric system Flashcards
1 mile is how many feet
5280 feet
1 pound is how many ounces
16 ounces
1 ton is how many pounds
2000 pounds
1 cup is how many fluid ounces
8 fluid ounces
1 pint is how many cups
2 cups
1 quart is how many pints
2 pints
1 gallon is how many quarts
4 quarts
decimeters
0.1
dekameters
10
hectometers
100
mega
10^6
giga
10^9
micro
10^-6
nano
10^-9
1 pound is how many grams
454 grams
1 gram is how many milliliters
1 milliliter
1 cc is how many milliliters
1 mL
1 teaspoon is how many mL
5 mL
1 tablespoon is how many mL
15 mL
3 teaspoons is how many tablespoons
1 tbs
types of syringe tips
- luer lock tip
- slip tip
- eccentric tip
- catheter tip
macrodrip advantages
- Fast fluid infusion
- Fluid resuscitation
- Drug boluses
macrodrip disadvantages
• Potential for accidental
fluid/drug overload
• Difficult to titrate
microdrip advantages
- Easy to titrate
* Avoids fluid/drug overload
microdrip disadvantages
- No fluid resuscitation
* Difficult for large boluses