Calculation Of Intravenous Flow Rates Worksheet With Answer Key - Red River College Page 8
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1217.
280 mL of packed red cells (PC) is to be infused over 2 hours using a volumetric pump
The drop factor of the blood administration set is 10 gtt/mL.
a.
According to the Canadian Blood Services, you are to run the blood at 50 mL/h
for the first 15 minutes in order to assess for a transfusion reaction. How many
mLs of blood would the patient receive in that first 15 minutes?
b.
Now that the first 15 minutes has passed without incident, recalculate the flow
rate (mL/h) so that the blood transfusion is completed within the original 2 hour
time frame.
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