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Zahid
UNIT 4:
MEASUREMENT
Look at these sign
: (divide)
+ (Plus)
= (equals)
X (times)
0.506 (nought point five oh six)
C (degrees centigrade or degrees celcious)
BP (blood pressure)
1/12 one over twelve or one twelfth or one per twelve
Description male patient
Height 1m 68cm
Weight 75kg
Age 30
Temperature 37C
Pulse rate 75 beats per minute
Blood pressure 120/80 mm/hg
Graph Patient Temperature
36
36.2
36.4
36.6
36.8
37
37.2
37.4
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Look at these examples
Between 9.00 and 10.00 hours his temperature falls sharply
Between 13.00 and 15.00 hours his temperature rises gradually

At 17.00 hours his temperature is considerably higher than at 13.00
hours.
At 14.00 his temperature is slightly higher than at 13.00 hours.
At 6.00 hours his temperature is considerably lower than at 9.00
hours.

Now write five more sentences like the examples!!!
The normal temperature of a healthy adult ranges from 36C to
37C
A temperature of 35C is below normal
A temperature of 38C is above normal
The normal pulse rate of an adult at rest ranges from 60-100 beats
per minute
60 beats per minute is the minimum normal pulse rate
100 beats per minute is the maximum normal pulse rate
Prescribe
When a doctor wants to treat a patient by giving him drugs, he
writes out a prescription. A nurse cannot prescribe drugs, but nurse
gives what the doctor has prescribed to the patient.
The doctor writes on the prescription e.g. 10x50 mg tabs. You say
this as ten fifty milligram tablets.
When you give a dose in tablet form, you make up the weight on
the prescription from the smallest number of tablets possible.
E.g. you must give 1 g of sulfasuxidine. The tablets are labelled 250 mg. how
many tablets must you give?
4 tablets.
Questions
You must give 0,5 mg of aspirin. You have 2x250 mg tablets and
10x50 mg tablets. Which do you give?
You must order medicine for prescription penicillin 20 ml b.d. x 3
days. How many ml of penicillin will you need for the three days?
You must give 20 mg of prednisolone t.d.s. it is available in 10 mg or
5 mg tablets. How many tablets must you give to the patient in one
day?
You must give 5 mg of a drug for every 1 kg of a patients body
weight. How many mg do you give?
A capsule contains 200 mg of a drug. How many gr of the drug are
there in 10 capsules?
You must give one tablet q.d.s how many do you give in three days?