. A patient (60 kg) being treated by a paramedic needs to be intubated, following sedation with ketamine at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg. What dose (in mg) should be administered?  a. Using the patient in the previous question: For treatment, a vial of ketamine (200 mg is 2 mL) is diluted to 20 mL for administration. What volume of the diluted ketamine solution should be administered to the patient? (in mL) b. Continuing on: What is the concentration of the ketamine in the original vial in mM? (the molecular weight of ketamine is 237.7 g/mole).  give answer asap please

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1. A patient (60 kg) being treated by a paramedic needs to be intubated, following sedation with ketamine at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg. What dose (in mg) should be administered? 

a. Using the patient in the previous question: For treatment, a vial of ketamine (200 mg is 2 mL) is diluted to 20 mL for administration. What volume of the diluted ketamine solution should be administered to the patient? (in mL)

b. Continuing on:

What is the concentration of the ketamine in the original vial in mM? (the molecular weight of ketamine is 237.7 g/mole). 

give answer asap please

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