Your patient Mr. Mark Downs, the manager of Hudson’s Bargain Basement, is receiving an IV infusion of Sodium Nitroprusside to reduce his blood pressure.  There are 50 mg of the drug in 250 ml of a D[sub]5[/sub]W solution.  What is the concentration in mcg/ml?

Your patient Ms. A. Freda Heitz, an acrophobic skydiver with palpitations, is to receive a Lidocaine infusion. You mix 2 grams of lidocaine in 500 ml of D[sub]5[/sub]W.  What is the concentration in mg per ml?

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Your patient Ms. Amber Fields, a buyer for Continental Grain, needs the anti-arrhythmic drug lidocaine for recurrent runs of ventricular tachycardia.  A prefilled syringe of lidocaine contains 100 mg of the drug in 10 ml. What is the concentration per cc?

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Your patient Ms. Bertha Day, the oldest resident of Happy Texas, is to receive a renal dose dopamine infusion.  You set up a dopamine IV drip by injecting 400 mg of dopamine into a 500 ml IV bag of D5W.  What is the concentration per ml?

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Your patient Mr. C. Shores, an oceanographer from Florida, is in complete heart block. You need to administer atropine. Atropine is packaged as a prefilled syringe of 1 mg/10 ml.  What is the concentration per cc?