Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The team wants an inspired oxygen of about 29% by nasal cannula. Using the rule of thumb FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, what flow Q does it suggest? (Real FiO₂ varies with the patient's breathing.)

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size H oxygen cylinder reads 1750 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?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 136 mmHg (18.1 kPa) on 30% oxygen with a PEEP of 8 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.

1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 136 mmHg (18.1 kPa) on 40% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.

1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated man is 193 cm tall and weighs 100 kg. Lung-protective ventilation is set at 6 mL per kg of predicted body weight. Using PBW = 50 + 0.91 × (height cm − 152.4) kg, find the tidal volume V_T to the nearest mL.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A transfer will take 45 minutes. The size E cylinder (factor 0.28 L/psi) reads 1700 psi. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, what is the highest whole-number flow Q in L/min that lasts the whole transfer?