Question

A patient is to be administered a dose of 250 mg of a medication subcutaneously. available: 250 mg/1.5 ml amp. amount of drug to be drawn is _____ cc

Answer 1

According to the question, the amount of the drug administered is 250 milligram (mg). The available dose of the drug is 250 mg per 1.5 mL (milligram). So, for the administration of the 250 mg drug, 1.5 mL of the available drug concentration should be used.

We need to determine the amount of the drug must be drawn in cc (cubic centimeter).

`1mL = 1cc`

As

`1.5 mL = 1.5 cc`

So, the amount to be drawn is 1.5 cc.