Calculate the amount you will prepare for each dose. A physician orders ceftriaxone 900 mg IV q12h in 50 mL 5% dextrose and water IV solution.
The package insert states: "For IV administration, reconstitute with 9.6 mL diluent to the vial for a concentration of 100 mg/mL."How many full doses are available in this vial?
What will be an ideal response?
1.1 doses/vial
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Your patient is a 70-year-old man whose wife called EMS because her husband began exhibiting unusual behavior. Upon your arrival you introduce yourself to the patient, who responds, "Not until nine o'clock." This phenomenon is BEST described as:
A) expressive aphasia. B) receptive aphasia. C) unresponsive to verbal stimuli. D) disorientation to time.
In severe cases of pneumothorax, the mediastinum and trachea:
a. remain midline. b. sink posteriorly into the chest cavity. c. are shifted toward from the side with the pneumothorax. d. are shifted away from the side with the pneumothorax.
The very recently developed American National Standards Institute/American Society of Safety Engineers ____ Standard may be the only nationally approved safety standard in the United States that is now applicable to the safety management of ground EMS vehicle fleets.
A. Commercial Transport B. Fleet Safety C. Passenger Transport D. Traffic Safety
What was the doctor's assessment (diagnosis) of Charles Green in Chapter 5?
What will be an ideal response?