Question 1

A grandmother was put in the hospital and was placed on a liquid diet. After examining her chart, a mistake was found stating that her weight was 500 kg. The dietician at the hospital decided to put the grandmother on a liquid diet. Why? How much did they believe she weighed in pounds? In other words, what was the most likely mistake?

Question 2

A student who just graduated for college decided to treat herself to a trip to Canada. The exchange rate is 1.06 Canadian dollars to $1 US dollar. If the student has $10,000, how many Canadian dollars does the graduate have to spend? Show your work.

Question 3

While in Canada, the graduate rented a car. The odometer in the car uses kilometers instead of miles. While traveling at a rate of 75 kilometers per hour on an Interstate, a police officer pulled the student over and issued the student a warning ticket. Why was the graduate pulled over?

Question 4

Would 100 km/hr be a reasonable speed to travel in miles per hour?

Question 5

While in Canada, the student end up in the hospital! The doctor has ordered 120 mg of medicine for twice a day. The nurse brings one daily dose of six tablets. The student asks how many mgs are in each tablet. The nurse tells the student each tablet contains 30 mg. Is this the correct dosage? If not the student should receive how many tablets?

Question 6

The same doctor writes an order of an antibiotic for another patient. The order is for 30 mg/kg. If the patient weighs 123 pounds, how many milligrams (mg) of medication should this patient receive?

Note:30 means a patient should receive 30 milligrams of medication for every kilogram(kg) of a patient's weight.

Question 7

Using the answer from Situation 6, if the 123-lb patient prefer to have tablets, how many 500 milligram tablets should the 123lb patient receive?

Question 8

Situation 8.While the student was checking out of the hospital, a sick child was brought into the Emergency Room.The same doctor is on duty and prescribed 150 mg of antibiotics to be given every 6 hours to the child. According to research, the recommended dosage 20 to 40 mg/kg/day.

If the child weights 30 lbs., is this a safe dose?

If not, what would a safe dose be?