Your Patient Weighs 22 Pounds and Is to Receive 0

question 32

Multiple Choice

Your patient weighs 22 pounds and is to receive 0.02 mg/kg of atropine IV push. You have a multidose vial of atropine containing 20 mL at a concentration of 0.04 mg/mL. What volume (in mL) of medication is to be injected?

• A) 0.5
• B) 2.5
• C) 0.25
• D) 5

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Definitions:

Interval

A range of values in statistics that describes the difference between two points, often used in the classification of scales of measurement.

Random Variable

A variable whose values depend on outcomes of a random phenomenon, with each outcome associated with a different value or set of values.

Occurrences

The instances or times that something happens or arises; the frequency of events.

Expected Value

The anticipated value or mean outcome of a variable, calculated as the sum of all possible values each multiplied by its probability of occurrence.