People usually call this a dirty epi drip for that reason. You're really only ever making this over a pharmacist if you're in a "I needed this a half hour ago" type of situation
If your using a 60drop per ml. And we know it's 1mcg per ml. Then we would want 2ml per min, that'll be 2mcg per min. 60 sec in a min. If we want 1mcg (or 1ml) over a min, that's 1 drop a second (of a 60drop set, cuz 60 drops is a ml) So if you want 2mcg over a min, that's 2 drops a second. 3mcg 3 drops/sec. Up to 10mcg per min, 10 drops a second.
@tylerthegrimm I should say, this was only because you're using a 1mg in 1000ml. It's different if your using a 500ml. Or a 250ml. At that point, 500ml bag with 1mg of Epi in it, you would need 0.5 drops per second. But that doesn't make sense right? A half drop per second? So it's 1 drop every 2 seconds.
Wouldn't we have to take out 10mL of NS to be able to get a true 1:1 if we are putting in 10mL of epi?
People usually call this a dirty epi drip for that reason. You're really only ever making this over a pharmacist if you're in a "I needed this a half hour ago" type of situation
Can you use normal saline
Yes. Most people use NS
How do you determine the flow rate? To get 2-10mcg a min?
Assuming you’d use a dial flow meter
If your using a 60drop per ml. And we know it's 1mcg per ml.
Then we would want 2ml per min, that'll be 2mcg per min.
60 sec in a min.
If we want 1mcg (or 1ml) over a min, that's 1 drop a second (of a 60drop set, cuz 60 drops is a ml)
So if you want 2mcg over a min, that's 2 drops a second.
3mcg 3 drops/sec.
Up to 10mcg per min, 10 drops a second.
@@JaiderTheMondo oh thank you :)
@tylerthegrimm I should say, this was only because you're using a 1mg in 1000ml.
It's different if your using a 500ml. Or a 250ml.
At that point, 500ml bag with 1mg of Epi in it, you would need 0.5 drops per second.
But that doesn't make sense right? A half drop per second? So it's 1 drop every 2 seconds.