What rate should I infuse at?

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Here is a scenario question..

I have a two way y- connector. One port is running a medication at 4 ml/h. The other port is running a driving fluid at 11 Ml/h. These are the only two things running through my line. This is just a scenario, so don't need to ask why I'm running a driver etc etc.

I have an order to stop running the mediation, but there is medication remaining in the connector (where the two ports join) just proximal to the line... Therefore I need to run a flush to safely infuse the rest of this medication.

what rate do I run it at? Do I run it at 4ml/h? Or do I run it at 15 ml/h?

i guess my question is... When the two connectors join, what rate is the combined fluids running at? :)

Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

I once had a pt stop breathing in PACU. Awake and paralyzed. Apparently there was a trace of succinylcholine in the manifold that I unknowingly pushed in by giving an IV narcotic. Pt had to be bagged for a few minutes but he did just fine.

The moral of the story is - get rid of the anesthesia manifold. Disconnect and flush your lines.

Awesome, thanks! Ok so to summarize....

If I have 2 infusions running and they join in one line ... the line ahead is running at a COMBINED rate of the two infusions?

So if Lines A and B merge into C.... the rate of C = A+B?

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