SOLUTION: My problem is A patient is suspected of overdosing on heroin. Standing orders call for 2 milligrams of Narvan I.V. The prefilled syringe reads "0.4mg/mL". How many milliliters will
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Question 125169: My problem is A patient is suspected of overdosing on heroin. Standing orders call for 2 milligrams of Narvan I.V. The prefilled syringe reads "0.4mg/mL". How many milliliters will you adminster?
Answer by ilana(307) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Every millileter is .4 milligrams. So to get 2 milligrams, we need 5 millileters, since 5*.4=2
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