Question

A supervising physician tasks you with preparing a 0.3 mg dose of epinephrine for a 32-year old male patient experiencing symptoms of anaphylaxis moments after receiving an intradermal allergy injection. Epinephrine is available as a 1:1000 solution in a 30 mL vial containing 1 mg/mL. Calculate the correct dose to be administered to your patient.

> 0.3mL

Answer 1

Q1

Answer - available dose of Epinephrine is 1:1000 concentration in a 30 ml vial.

It indicates each ml have 1mg Epinephrine (1ml=1mg)

If we need 0.3mg dose, we require 0.3ml solution of 1:1000 concentration (or1mg=1ml).

Q2

Answer - Yes every medical practitioner should be aware about legal implications of prescribing Percocet because Percocet have paracetamol and oxycodone drug contained in it, which is opioid and non opioid analgesic combination.

Before prescribing these type of drugs medical practitioner should know about the legal implications.

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Answer 2

The answer is 0.3mL or 0.3ml or 0.3ML or 0.3 mL