Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size E oxygen cylinder reads 1850 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?
Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 26 times a minute with a tidal volume of 350 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size H oxygen cylinder (factor 3.14 L/psi) reads 950 psi and runs at 4 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 2050 psi and runs at 4 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 transfer will take 45 minutes. The size D cylinder (factor 0.16 L/psi) reads 2050 psi. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, what is the highest whole-number flow Q in L/min that lasts the whole transfer?
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 80% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.
- 1above 300
- 2mild
- 3moderate
- 4severe
- 5not gradable: PEEP below 5
Answer key
- 1. V = 462 L
- 2. V̇E = 9.1 L/min
- 3. t = 588 min
- 4. t = 129 min
- 5. Q = 6 L/min
- 6. moderate
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