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1. Created by PosologyJeopardy! Fractions Decimals Percents Convert Abbrev. Dose Calc Fluids 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

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3. Fractions 200 If you need to administer 12 ml of cough syrup daily, and you need to give only ¼ of the dose every 6 hours, how much will you give each time? 6ml 3 ml 4 ml 6 ml

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6. Fractions 300 What’s half of a quarter pounder? • 1/2 X 1/4lb = 1/8 lb

7. Who ate the pills? Fractions 400 If you have 24 quarter-tablets, and you drop 3 of them, and some chicken eats them, how many tablets are left? • 24 – 3 = 21 quarters • 21 4= 51/4 tablets • OR • 6 tablets minus ¾ tablet = 5 ¼ tablets

8. Fractions 500 1/2  3/5 = • 1/2 X 5/3=5/6 Remember, you gotta turn the second fraction upside down, then multiply

9. Decimals 100 Change 1/2 to decimal form • 1/2 = 12 = 0.5

10. Decimals 200 Round 3.65723 to the nearest 100th • 3.6 • 3.7 • 3.66 • 3.667 Round… get it?

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13. Decimals 300 Round to the nearest tenth:1.264 + 0.23560 = 1.264 + 0.23560 1.4996 Rounded it would be 1.5 (That’s how many legs he’s gonna have in a minute…)

14. Decimals 400 What is 0.05 X 360? 360 X .05 18.00

15. 0.00457 – 0.000457 = This slide is BORING… 0.004570 - 0.000457 0.004013

16. Percentages 100 What percent of a dollar is a penny? • 1% • 1/100=.01=1% • You know there’s a hundred of ‘em in a buck, right?

17. Percentages 200 What is 25% of 80? 80 X .25 400 1600 20.00 Or ¼ of 80 = 20

18. Percentages 300 A 5% solution has how many mg/ml? • 50 mg/ml • Just move the decimal point 1 place to the right • It’s because a 5% solution has 5 g/100ml =0.05g/ml = 50mg/ml

19. Percentages 400 You put 80 grams of solute into a liter of sterile water. What percent solution do you have? • 8% solution • The solution has 80g/1000 ml = 0.08 g/100 ml • 8g per 100ml = 8% He’s got a solution

20. Percentages 500 How many mg of salt go into 1 liter of 0.9% saline? • 0.009 mg • 0.09 mg • 0.9 mg • 9 mg • 90 mg • 900 mg • 9000 mg Click here if you can’t go it alone

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22. How many mg of salt go into 1 liter of 0.9% saline? • 0.9% = 0.9 g/100 ml • Multiply by 10 to get grams in 1000 ml • 0.9 x 100 = 9 g per 1000 ml = 9000 mg/l • Or, if you remember that 0.9% solution has 9 mg/ml, just multiply this by 1000ml/l = 9000 mg

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24. Conversions 100 How many ml are in 1 teaspoon? • 5 ml

25. Conversions 200 If there are 15 ml in a tablespoon, and there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, how many ml are in a cup? • 94 ml • 100 ml • 106 ml • 160 ml • 200 ml • 240 ml • 320 ml

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28. Conversions 300 How many l are in one ml? • 0.001 • 0.01 • 0.1 • 10 • 100 • 1000

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30. YUP! Remember, microbreweries are small

31. Conversions 400 If a tablespoon is equivalent to 15 ml, how many ml are in a fluid ounce? • 30 ml • In reality, it’s 28 ml, but it is usually rounded to 30

32. This is getting harder! Conversions 500 If a solution of atropine contains 1/120 grain per ml, how many mg/ml does it contain? • A grain has 60 mg, so: 1 grain times 60 mg = 0.5mg 120 ml 1 grain ml

33. Abbreviations 100 How many times a day is BID? Bis in day = twice daily Bicycles have 2 wheels, right?

34. Abbreviations 200 You are asked to apply medication o.s. Where do you put it? • In the LEFT EYE • Are left-handed people really sinister?????

35. Abbreviations 300 What does QID mean? • Once daily • Every other day • Four times daily • Every four hours • Every four days

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38. Abbreviations 400 You need to apply a medication a.u.Where do you put it? • In the right eye • In the right ear • In the left eye • In the left ear • In both eyes • In both ears • In unmentionable places

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42. Abbreviations 500 What’s this mean?Amoxicillin tabs, 50 mg q12h x 7d • Give 1- 50 mg tablet of amoxicillin every 12 hours for 7 days

43. Dose Calculations 100 You need to give 450 mg cimetidine.It comes as a 300 mg tablet.How many pills are given in a dose? 1 ½ tablets mg needed  concentration = amount needed 450mg needed  300mg/tablet = 1 ½ tablets

44. Dose Calculations 200 Prescribe amoxicillin at 20 mg/kg for an 11-pound cat. Concentration is 50 mg/ml • 1.5 ml • 2.0 ml • 2.5 ml • 4.4 ml • 5.0 ml

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47. Cat weighs 11 poundsDosage is 20 mg/kgConcentration is 50 mg/ml • Convert to the same unit of measure • 11 lb  2.2 lb/kg = 5 kg cat • Multiply weight times dosage • 5 kg x 20 mg/kg = 100 mg needed • Divide by concentration of the drug • 100 mg  50 mg/ml = 2 ml

48. Dose Calculations 300 You are going to anesthetize a 44-pound young goat with thiopental at a dosage of 12 mg/kg. The thiopental comes as a 2.5% solution. How many mls do you need? • 0.96 ml • 2.1 ml • 4.8 ml • 9.6 ml • 21.1 ml

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