School dosage math help

Published

Hi!

I am trying to figure out how to calculate this question but I am having a little trouble with the equation.

Order: Zosyn 3.375 g in 50 mL NS to be infused over 15 minutes

The answer is: Flow rate: 200 mL/hour

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

cool trick loved it!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Perhaps the names of medications OP is not yet familiar with, as well as the inclusion of grams (which are irrelevant here) are confusing OP. I would replace everything you don't know with cheeseburgers.

I ate 50, 3.375g cheeseburgers in 15 minutes. If I ate cheeseburgers at this pace for an hour, how many would I eat?

200 cheeseburgers. Why? Because there are four 15 minute cheeseburger-eating-intervals in an hour, each worth 50 cheeseburgers. 50 cheeseburgers x 4 = 200 cheeseburgers.

Does it matter that each cheeseburger was 3.375 grams? Nope! At least not for this math problem.

Yum.

I often recommend the same sort of thing to take away the anxiety, often with M&Ms or jelly beans. But I think in this case I might go for, oh, maybe those little ice cream dots instead of cheeseburgers. :)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion