Question: While circulating a cesarean section, your patient develops malignant hyperthermia. The anesthesiologist orders Dantrolene 20 mg/kg of body weight. On hand you have dantrolene 20

While circulating a cesarean section, your patient develops malignant hyperthermia. The anesthesiologist orders Dantrolene 20 mg/kg of body weight. On hand you have dantrolene 20 mg to be diluted in 60 cc of sterile water. The patient weighs 185 lbs.

  1. How much dantrolene would you administer? _____________
  2. How many dantrolene vials do you need? _________________

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