GE CARESCAPE - Drug calculator; Calculating drug doses; Adding a new drug name

Drugcalculations
9.Print:Allowsyoutoprintthecalculateddrugdoseandinfusionrate.
10.PreviousMenu:Allowsyoutoreturntothepreviousmenu.
Drugcalculator
Calculatingdrugdoses
Thedrugcalculatorallowsyoutocalculateandprintthedosesandinfusionratesfor
intravenousmedications.
1.SelectData&Pages.
2.SelectDrugCalculations.
3.SelecttheCalculatortab.
4.SelectadrugfromtheDrugNamelist.
Ifnecessary,youcanalsoaddanewdrugtothelistthroughselectionsavailable
whenselectingAdditionalDrug.
5.Ifthepatient’sweightwasnotenteredatthetimeofadmissionandtheselected
DoseUnitrequiresit,setthePatient'sWeight.
NOTE
Changingtheweightinthedrugcalculatormenudoes
notchangetheweightinthepatientdemographics.
Changingthepatient’sweightintheCalculator,Titration
Table,orResuscitationMedicationstabwillchangethe
displayedvalueinallofthem.
6.SettheSolutionVolume.
7.SettheDrugAmount.
Concentrationlevelisautomaticallycalculated.
8.SettheDoseUnitifappropriate.
9.SettheDose.
TheInfusionRateml/h,InfusionTimeh,andInfusionTimeminareautomatically
calculated.
Addinganewdrugname
Youcanaddanewdrugnameandcalculatedrugdosesforthatdrug.Thedrugname
isdeletedwhenthepatientisdischargedfromthemonitor.
1.SelectData&Pages.
2.SelectDrugCalculations.
3.SelecttheCalculatortab.
4.SelectAdditionalDrug.
5.Enterthedrugnamewiththeon-screenkeyboard.
Thenamecancontainamaximumof20charactersanditiscase-sensitive(for
example,Insulinandinsulinwouldbetwodifferentdrugnames).
6.SelectAdd.
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