IV Help

I appreciate this refresher of iv calculation thanks Angel

Hi there!.As long as you have your IV calculation formula on hand and know how to compute properly, there's no need to worry about.If you're not confident yet, I suggest that you bring some examples or pre calculated standard rate of infusion with you.This is how I do it:

Example:

macrodrip drop factor = 15 (usually for regular adult IV giving set)

microdrip drop factor = 60 ( usually for pediatric )

1.let say you are using the macrodrop formula

Volume to be infused

--------------------

hours of infusion X 15/60

the doctors order is 1 liter IVF for 8 hours

Ex: 1000 ml or cc

------------- = 125 ml or cc/hr (this is the rate you will set in IV pump)

8 hours

then if you want to know how many drops/min:

125 x 15/60 = 31.25 drops per minute or (31)

same computation with microdrop.Hope this helps:)

Aren't you just asking when ml's and when gtt(drops). mL's are in an IV pump and drops per minute would be gravity (no Pump)