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1. How many milligrams in 0.250mcg?

2. Convert 272 mg into grams.

3. If you have a tablet of 0.05g how many

tablets will you give the patient if they
are prescribed 25 mg?

4. You have a medicine which is dispensed

as 300 mg tablets. How many grams
are there in 6 tablets?

5. Calculate the amount (in ml or tablets) that should be given of the following medication:

Pethidine 75mg is prescribed. Pethedine

50mg in 4ml is available.

6. Calculate the amount (in ml or tablets) that should be given of the following medication:

Codeine 0.03g is prescribed. Codeine

Tablets 15 mg tablets are available.
7. Calculate the infusion rate (mls/hr) of the following iv’s:

1L of normal saline 0.9% to run over 6 hours.

8. Calculate the infusion rate (mls/hr) of the following iv’s:

500 mls of dextrose 5% to run over 8 hours

9. A patient is to be given 2 units of blood in 6 hours. A unit of blood contains 380 mls.
Calculate the infusion rate (mls/hr). Give your answer in nearest whole unit per hour.

10. A patient is prescribed morphine 5mg/hr, morphine 50mg is diluted in 50mls normal
saline. At what should the infusion rate run?

11. A 68kg patient is prescribed acyclovir at a dose of 5mg/kg. What dose in milligrams
should the patient receive?

12. A 60kg patient is prescribed once daily gentamicin at a dose of 7mg/kg to be given as
an infusion over 1 hour. What volume of gentamicin 80mg/2ml is needed for the dose?