Figure 1.

Questions and images in the online questionnaire (correct answers in bold)

Q1: The first picture shows a vial of epinephrine (adrenaline). It contains 1 mL of 1 in 1000 epinephrine. How much epinephrine is there in the vial?
A. 10 μg (microgram)
B. 100 μg
C. 10 mg
D. 1 mg
E. 1000 mg
Q2: You are treating a ten-year-old whom you suspect is in anaphylactic shock. The protocol says the recommended intramuscular dose of epinephrine is 250 μg (micrograms). What volume of solution in the picture will you give?
A. 2.5 mL
B. 0.25 mL
C. 0.025 μL
D. 2.5 μL
E. 25 μL
Q3: The second picture shows a vial of lidocaine. It contains 10 mL of 1% w/v lidocaine. How much lidocaine is there in the vial?
A. 100 μg
B. 10 g
C. 10 mg
D. 100 mg
E. 1000 mg
Q4: You find yourself treating a 60 kg patient with a laceration that you will need to suture under local anaesthetic. Given that the maximum safe dose of lidocaine is 3 mg/kg, what is the maximum volume of the solution in the picture (lidocaine 1% w/v) that can be administered safely?
A. 60 mL
B. 6 mL
C. 180 mL
D. 18 mL
E. 180 μL
Q5: Here is a Mini-Jet of atropine as found on emergency drugs trolleys. There is 1 mg in 10 mL. What is the concentration of the solution?
1 mg/mL
10 μg/mL
C. 0.1 mg/mL
D. 1 μg/mL
E. 0.1 μg/mL
Q6: At work, you come across a patient with an acute symptomatic bradycardia. A pulse is present and the blood pressure is 85 systolic. You estimate the weight at 60 kg. You choose to treat this with atropine 20 μg/kg. How much of this solution will you need to give?
A. 12 mL
B. 1.2 mL
C. 6 mL
D. 8.5 mL