Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
1800psiDf = 0.16 L/psiresidual 200 psiV = ? L

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size D oxygen cylinder reads 1800 psi. Its cylinder factor is 0.16 L/psi. How many litres V can be used before the safe residual of 200 psi is reached?

1800 psif = 0.16 L/psi200 psi
V = L
2.Easy
700psiHf = 3.14 L/psiresidual 200 psiV = ? L

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size H oxygen cylinder reads 700 psi. Its cylinder factor is 3.14 L/psi. How many litres V can be used before the safe residual of 200 psi is reached?

700 psif = 3.14 L/psi200 psi
V = L
3.Medium
PaO₂ 83 mmHg · FiO₂ 0.5 · PEEP 14 cmH₂O0100200300400500P/F (mmHg)above 300: no ARDS grademildmoderatesevere

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 83 mmHg (11.1 kPa) on 50% oxygen with a PEEP of 14 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.

PaO₂ 83 mmHg (11.1 kPa)FiO₂ 50%PEEP 14 cmH₂O
  1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
  2. 2mild
  3. 3moderate
  4. 4severe
4.Medium
Hb82 g/LSaO₂97%PaO₂89 mmHgCaO₂?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has Hb 82 g/L, SaO₂ 97% and PaO₂ 89 mmHg (11.9 kPa). Find the arterial oxygen content CaO₂ = 1.34 × Hb (g/dL) × SaO₂ + 0.003 × PaO₂ (mmHg) in mL O₂/dL.

Hb 82 g/LSaO₂ 97%PaO₂ 89 mmHg (11.9 kPa)
CaO₂ = mL/dL
5.Hard
104 bar3 L15 L/min20 bart = ? min

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A cylinder with a water capacity of 3 L is filled to 104 bar and runs at 15 L/min. The gas volume is about the water capacity × the pressure. In this exercise the cylinder is changed at 20 bar. How many minutes t until it must be changed? Round down to a whole minute.

3 L104 bar15 L/min20 bar
t = min
6.Hard
SpO₂ 92% · FiO₂ 0.45ROX = ?RR 28/minROX = (SpO₂/FiO₂)/RR

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient on high-flow nasal oxygen has SpO₂ 92% on FiO₂ 0.45 and a respiratory rate of 28/min. Find the ROX index ROX = (SpO₂/FiO₂)/RR, with SpO₂ in percent and FiO₂ as a fraction. Round to two decimal places.

SpO₂ 92%FiO₂ 0.45RR 28/min
ROX =

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 256 L
  2. 2. V = 1570 L
  3. 3. moderate
  4. 4. CaO₂ = 10.93 mL/dL
  5. 5. t = 16 min
  6. 6. ROX = 7.3

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