PIMS CCU Nurses

By CN Muhammad Ali Edited by: HN Khalil Ahmed Jatt If we have to infuse 1000 international units (IU) of injection heparin per hour, what would be the ml per hour rate and would we infuse it? Availability Injection Heparin is usually available as a 25,000 IU/5ml vial. Dilution and Concentration Dilution Inj. Heparin should be diluted as 2 ml Heparin in 98 ml Normal Saline. Hence, we would have 10,000 IU of Heparin in 100ml of solution. Concentration If we look at the concentration of heparin in 1 ml, then we will use the below formula to identify the units of heparin in 1 ml: = 100 Units/ml Formula to be used We would use the Universal Formula (Wilson, 2013) as shared by  ( Nursing Center, 2021 ) : OR If the physician prescribes Inj. Heparin at the rate of 1000 Units/hr, then: = 10 ml/hr. 10 ml comprises 1000 Units of heparin. Hence, the patient will get an accurate dose if we would administer the solution at the rate of 10ml/hour. If an infusion pump is not available to...

Dear CCU Nurses, I have created this blog for the nurses of the Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). We are already conducting continuing nursing education (CNE) activities at the CCU every day. I would request you to upload the material that you prepare for the CNE sessions on this blog in the form of an article/ blog post. The benefits of publishing the material on this blog would be: We will have a permanent record of our CNE activities. We can refer to previously learned material at any time. It would serve as evidence of all of our CNE endeavours. This blog would be publicly available and each post would be shared with your name and Google ID, hence, it would show your online presence in teaching and learning activities, strengthening your CV/ profile. Other nursing professionals can also learn from this blog and we can also get feedback from others in the form of comments. Regards Khalil Ahmed Jatt Head Nurse, CCU, PIMS