A. 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

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A. 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
B. 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 5ug/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
Transcribed Image Text:1. Demonstrate the procedure for arriving at the answer. A. 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 B. 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 5ug/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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