Situation 4: Your patient is a 150-lb male who is suffering from symptomatic bradycardia. His pulse is regular at 42/min. His ECG shows third degree heart block. You are ordered to start an IV of D5W to be run at 25 ml/hr. You have a 500 ml bag of D5W and a mini-drip solution set. How many gtt/min do you run the IV?
