B. To anesthetize a patient, there is a 10 ml bottle of Ketamine at a 10% concentration. If the dose of Ketamine in cats is 15 mg/Kg and the cat weighs 4 pounds. Calculate a) Weight of the cat in kg. b) mg of Ketamine needed to anesthetize the cat. c) Volume in ml of Ketamine. Answer: a) 1.82kg b) 27.3mg c) 0.27ml C. A 15-lb patient presents acute post-surgical pain. To treat the pain, there are ampoules of fentanyl at a concentration of 1mg/2ml. If the dose of fentanyl is 5µg/Kg, calculate a) the dose in mg of fentanyl needed for the patient and b) the volume in ml to be injected into the patient. Answer: = a) 0.034mg b) 0.06ml
B. To anesthetize a patient, there is a 10 ml bottle of Ketamine at a 10% concentration. If the dose of Ketamine in cats is 15 mg/Kg and the cat weighs 4 pounds. Calculate a) Weight of the cat in kg. b) mg of Ketamine needed to anesthetize the cat. c) Volume in ml of Ketamine. Answer: a) 1.82kg b) 27.3mg c) 0.27ml C. A 15-lb patient presents acute post-surgical pain. To treat the pain, there are ampoules of fentanyl at a concentration of 1mg/2ml. If the dose of fentanyl is 5µg/Kg, calculate a) the dose in mg of fentanyl needed for the patient and b) the volume in ml to be injected into the patient. Answer: = a) 0.034mg b) 0.06ml
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Transcribed Image Text:B. To anesthetize a patient, there is a 10 ml bottle of Ketamine
at a 10% concentration. If the dose of Ketamine in cats is
15 mg/Kg and the cat weighs 4 pounds. Calculate a) Weight
of the cat in kg. b) mg of Ketamine needed to anesthetize
the cat. c) Volume in ml of Ketamine. Answer: a) 1.82kg
b) 27.3mg c) 0.27ml
C. A 15-lb patient presents acute post-surgical pain. To treat
the pain, there are ampoules of fentanyl at a concentration
of 1mg/2ml. If the dose of fentanyl is 5µg/Kg, calculate a)
the dose in mg of fentanyl needed for the patient and b) the
volume in ml to be injected into the patient. Answer: = a)
0.034mg b) 0.06ml
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