How to Calculate IV Drip Rates the EASY way!! (3 Step Method)
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This tutorial shows you the easiest way to calculate an IV drip rate. Using this 3 step formula, if you use the correct units in each step, you will get the right answer every time. If you have any questions feel free to comment below.
Remember:
Flow rate = ml/hour (varies depending on question)
Drop factor = gtt/ml (varies depending on question)
Time conversion = 1 hour/60 minutes (always the same for this method)
Prerequisite:
How to calculate flow rates: • How To Calculate IV Fl...
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He has explained in a very difficult way. The simplest way to do it is: we have 15 drops in one ml so for 1000ml we have 15000drops. It should be divided on 8 hours. Which gives us the drops/hour rate and if we change 8hrs to minutes=8*60=480 mins and we divide 15000 drops on 480 minutes, it's the drops/min speed. And if we want to find drops/sec, we should change 8 hrs to seconds and then divide 15000 drops on it. That's it. For instance, if you have 500ml normal saline and you want to infuse it in a 60 drops/ml iv line during 60 minutes. The formula is: 500ml=500*60=30000 drops
We should divide 30000 drops on 60 minutes= 30000/60=500drops/min or 30000/3600=8.33~8drops/sec.
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Do you have any videos with drip rates that involve getting per min and get per ml?
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Nicely done! Another easy way or an abbreviated form of this: Take total volume to be infused x gtt/mL and then divide that answer by time in minutes. In other words 1000 mL x 15 gtts = 15000 and then divide by 480 = 31.25 gtt/min. Again nice video
Where did you get the 480 from?
What is this type of formula called?
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Calculate the drip rate when you are to infuse dextrose saline 2.5litre within 2hr 45min using the standard giving set
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What do you do inorder to find out the chamber dripp thingy? (15/ggt) if it does not say so in the ordination?
if your are referring to the drip factor like drips per ml, then that is always given to you. In real life it will be put on the packaging of the tubing.
My school wants the gtt/min for 12 gtt/min. Thank you
All I do is divide 1000 by 8. =125mL/hour. =125mL/60minutes. Then cross multiply 15gtt times 60minutes, divided by 125. :)
do you have pediatric doses too.........and what other drug administrations formulas for 112 nursing
Right now I only have drip rates and flow rates I think but when I get some free time I can make some pediatric ones. Probably won't be until at least February though :( Thanks for watching!
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but it said it needs to infuse over the next 8 hours aren't byou gonna divide it in 8 in order to get the right rate within that eight hours?
so I just failed my test for this because im confused about knowing the difference on what equations call for the ml/hr step before the other steps. because some equations I would just have to do the ml/hr step then that was the answer. how do I know whether to continue the other steps?
sorry if this was confusing
Typically its in the wording of the question. If it asks for a flow rate then its just ml/hour. If it asks for a drip rate then you need to take the extra steps and convert flow rate into a drip rate.
A good tip to remember is that typically if a question gives you a drop factor, its going to want a drip rate. Don't stress about failing a test, it happens to all of us, just learn from it and keep going forward! Goodluck!
ok so when it ask ml/hr its just that one step?
I have my final tomorrow on pharmacy math and if I dont pass it I fail the class and I've failed every quiz because im just confused.
Cheynne Orona Exactly so when it's asking for ml/hour it's just volume (in ml) divided by time (in hours). Good luck on your test!
try this, 1000/8/4 (i got the four by dividing 60mins and 15 qtts)
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This is not easy at all. The easiest way is to multiply 1000X15 over 480. Simplify 1000 to 100 and 480 to 48 and divide 1500 by 48. Done. Basically your amount to be infused times youe drip set over the time.
And if thats what works for you, go for it!
I agree. This is how I was taught in school
If that works for you good
What if you don't have the drop factor? How will you get it? Here you are given a volume of fluid to run for a certain hours? How do you get the drop rate of the that particular fluid?
Typically you will always get the drop factor in a question because in the real world the drop factor will be written on the package of the tubing. It's a silly question not giving you the drop factor because it would never happen in the real world
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ok i can get to this part but i can not seem to get a correct answer into seconds.
This is the easiest way.
8hr x 60 min = 480 min in 8 hrs. 1000ml/480min= 2.083 ml per minute. 15gtt x 2.083ml = 31.25gtt/min. DONE.
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Where did the 1875 come from I’m confused
1000 : 8 = 125 than 125 X 15 : 60 = 31.25 =31 gtt/min
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Or 1 drop eveey 2 seconds
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I got a little busy with work but working on some clinical scenarios now!
Gtt= drop (s) not drip in the pharmacy it's not interchangeable
why couldn't my professors explain it this easily??
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