Chapter 12: Drug Calculator
VS2000 Vital Signs Monitor Operation Manual 12-1
Chapter 12: Drug Calculator
Drug mixtures for intravenous (IV) drug infusions combine information on drug
dose, rate, amount, volume, concentration, and standardized rate. The Drug
Calculator helps you to manage infusions by calculating one of these values at
a time.
Caution! Before you administer any drug, always check that the correct
calculation units and patient category selected. Consult your
pharmacy if you have questions.
Caution! Decisions on the choice and dosage of drugs administered to
patients must always be made by the physician in charge. The
Drug Calculator performs calculations based on the values
input during use, it does not check the plausibility of the
calculations performed.
12.1 Accessing the Drug Calculator
To access the Drug Calculator, Press the Main Menu key and turn the rotary
knob on the monitor to choose the Tools and push the knob to select. And
then move the knob to highlight the Drug Calculator.
Figure12.1 Drug Calculator
12.2 Measurement Units
Drug units
When the drug name is “any drug”, you can select: g, mg, mcg, unit, k unit, m
unit, mEq.
Once the drug name is identified, the unit is set by the drug calculator
automatically. The user cannot modify it.
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