Thaddeus is a 35 kg Labrador Retriever who is recovering fro…

Thaddeus is a 35 kg Labrador Retriever who is recovering from a splenectomy. He is on telemetry (a type of ecg monitoring) which is showing he has gone into a dangerous heart arrhythmia called V-tach.  The doctor has you administer an emergency IV injection of Lidocaine 2% at a dose of 2 mg/kg.  You, then, have to followed it up by starting a CRI at 1.5 mg/kg/hr. How many milliliters of Lidocaine did you initially administer to Thaddeus? What will be his CRI hourly rate?

A 32 lb corgi named Winston (who asks to go by the Sir Wiggl…

A 32 lb corgi named Winston (who asks to go by the Sir Wigglebottom), has been on IV fluids for 12 hours.  He is on a fluid rate of 50 mL/hr. After being hospitalized for 24 hours the doctor wants to know what the total volume infused (TVI) was and asks you to write it into the patients medical records.  How many mL of fluids did Winst- …I mean… Sir Wigglebottom receive over these 24 hours?    ..*cough* don’t forget to include how many hours you are saying this was over *cough*