Med Math - Drip Calculations (Dopamine) - EMTprep.com

[@adamr8628]

gtts per minute with a 60 set is the same as mls per hour. Typically most people have IV pumps nowadays, but it's still good to know the gtts per minute... equal in this case

[@ronnie.1983]

Thx. So simply taught.

[@Emtprep]

Glad we could help Ronnie. Any other videos you want to see us make?

[@sinclair657]

Thank you

[@Emtprep]

Absolutely Akosua!

[@michaelmartinez6899]

Hi. How did you get 1 drop every 4 seconds? When I did the conversion(1 minute equals 60 seconds), I got 0.25.

[@Emtprep]

Hey Michael, 15 drops per minute = 1 drop every 4 seconds.

[@Nottoday3033]

60 minutes divided in 15 drops = 4

[@skoden1313]

Neither of them have answered you question properly. Heres the answer. To convert GTT/min to GTT/sec you take 15 and divide it by 60 (seconds). So 0.25 is correct for gtt/second. Thats 0.25 drops per second. In order to make that a whole drop (to make setting your drip rate easier), you just multiply until its a whole #, if that makes sense. So, 2 x .25 isnt whole (.50 drops every 2 seconds), 3 x .25 isnt whole (.75 drops every 3 seconds), but 4 x .25 is 1 (whole drop!) drop every 4 seconds. Hope that helps.

[@michaelmartinez6899]

To get 1 drop/4 seconds you divided 15 drops/min by 60?