You are transporting a patient who had an acute inferior wal…
You are transporting a patient who had an acute inferior wall MI to a tertiary care hospital for coronary revascularization. You consult with your medical director before you leave and decide to supplement the patient’s BP by using dobutamine 500 mcg/kg/min. You place 800 mg of dobutamine into a 500 mL bag of 0.9 percent normal saline. What is the drip rate with a microdrip administration set (60 gtt/mL)?