Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size H oxygen cylinder reads 1300 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?
Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size E oxygen cylinder reads 1250 psi. Its cylinder factor is 0.28 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 patient has Hb 158 g/L, SaO₂ 97% and PaO₂ 93 mmHg (12.4 kPa). Find the arterial oxygen content CaO₂ = 1.34 × Hb (g/dL) × SaO₂ + 0.003 × PaO₂ (mmHg) in mL O₂/dL.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 73 mmHg (9.7 kPa) on 40% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.
- 1above 300: no ARDS grade
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 6.9 kPa on 70% oxygen with a PEEP of 8 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.
- 1above 300: no ARDS grade
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
- 5not gradable: PEEP below 5
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated woman is 164 cm tall and weighs 95 kg. Lung-protective ventilation is set at 4 mL per kg of predicted body weight. Using PBW = 45.5 + 0.91 × (height cm − 152.4) kg, find the tidal volume VT to the nearest mL.
Answer key
- 1. V = 3454 L
- 2. V = 294 L
- 3. CaO₂ = 20.82 mL/dL
- 4. moderate
- 5. severe
- 6. VT = 224 mL
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