Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
1850psiEf = 0.28 L/psiresidual 200 psiV = ? L

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?

1850 psif = 0.28 L/psi200 psi
V = L
2.Easy
60 s350 mLf = 26/min · V̇E = ?

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.

VT 350 mL26/min
V̇E = L/min
3.Medium
950psiHf = 3.14 L/psi4 L/minresidual 200 psit = ? 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.

950 psif = 3.14 L/psi4 L/min200 psi
t = min
4.Medium
2050psiEf = 0.28 L/psi4 L/minresidual 200 psit = ? min

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.

2050 psif = 0.28 L/psi4 L/min200 psi
t = min
5.Hard
2050psiDf = 0.16 L/psi45 minresidual 200 psiQ = ? L/min

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?

45 min2050 psif = 0.16 L/psi200 psi
Q = L/min
6.Hard
PaO₂ 16.2 kPa · FiO₂ 0.8 · PEEP 6 cmH₂O0100200300400500P/F (mmHg)above 300mildmoderateseverenot 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 16.2 kPa on 80% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.

PaO₂ 16.2 kPaFiO₂ 80%PEEP 6 cmH₂O
  1. 1above 300
  2. 2mild
  3. 3moderate
  4. 4severe
  5. 5not gradable: PEEP below 5

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 462 L
  2. 2. V̇E = 9.1 L/min
  3. 3. t = 588 min
  4. 4. t = 129 min
  5. 5. Q = 6 L/min
  6. 6. moderate

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