Reference no: EM133272048
Question - Mrs Smith is a 89 year old lady who has been brought to your emergency department post a fall suffering a dislocated shoulder.
Mrs Smith requires conscious sedation using intravenous midazolam, in order to relocate the shoulder; the RN asks you to check her dosage calculations.
Use MIMS and/or your medication calculations formula to ensure your check the dosages correctly.
Mrs Smith is 158cm tall, weighs 43kg, BSA 1.38m2
Please round each answer to the nearest 0.1 decimal place. eg. 6.37mg round to 6.4mg
a) Calculate the required total dose if 0.05 mg/kg is ordered.
b) Calculate the required total dose using her body surface area where the dose per square mete is 2mg/m2,
c) Given her age, according to MIMS what must the initial dose be reduced to?
d) Outline the usual total dose required for an eldery patient undergoing conscious sedation. (once sentence required)