At approximately 8:00 am, the client's spouse finds him on the floor of his bedroom. The spouse calls 911 and states that the client has difficulty speaking and he is not able to get himself off the floor. When trying to roll him to his back, the right side of his body appears limp and weak. When the EMS team arrives, one performs an assessment while the other asks about the client's health history. The client is overweight, sedentary, smokes, drinks multiple alcoholic beverages every day, has arthritis, and has had hypertension and transcient ischemic attacks (TIA) for years. The paramedics perform a Cincinnati Pre-Hospital Stoke Scale Assessment. Based on the assessment findings, the paramedics call the Emergency Department (ED) to report a suspected stroke. En route to the hospital, an 18 gauge peripheral IV catheter is placed in the client’s left arm. He is receiving 6 liters of oxygen via facemask and his O2 saturations remain above 95%.
based on charles weight (254 lbs), what is the total dose for the rtPA infusion?