Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 11 times a minute with a tidal volume of 480 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size E oxygen cylinder reads 1100 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 size H oxygen cylinder (factor 3.14 L/psi) reads 1650 psi and runs at 10 L/min. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, how many minutes t will it last? Round down to a whole minute.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size E oxygen cylinder (factor 0.28 L/psi) reads 900 psi and runs at 8 L/min. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, how many minutes t will it last? Round down to a whole minute.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 16.2 kPa on 35% oxygen with a PEEP of 8 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.

1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe
5. 5not gradable: PEEP below 5

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 16.1 kPa on 35% oxygen with a PEEP of 8 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.

1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe
5. 5not gradable: PEEP below 5