Question

Your patient weighs 15 kg and is scheduled for to have an abdominal exploratory. You are instructed to provide 0.9% sodium chloride IV at a rate of 30ml/kg/hr. What will be the fluid rate be for your IV pump?

Answer 1

`V_f=450ml/hr`

Explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Mass
`m=15kg`

Amount of NaCl IV
`n=0.9\%`

Rate
`R=30ml/kg/hr`

Generally the equation for fluid rate be for your IV pump is mathematically given by

`V_f=mR`

Since

Rate is

30ml/kg/hr at 1kg patient Weight

Therefore

`V_f=15*30`

`V_f=450ml/hr`