Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient receives oxygen by nasal cannula at 1 L/min. Using FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, estimate the inspired oxygen FiO₂ in percent.
Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient receives oxygen by nasal cannula at 4 L/min. Using FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, estimate the inspired oxygen FiO₂ in percent.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 110 mmHg (14.7 kPa) on 30% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 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 ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 133 mmHg (17.7 kPa) on 35% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 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 6.1 kPa on 50% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 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 transfer will take 40 minutes. The size D cylinder (factor 0.16 L/psi) reads 1750 psi. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, what is the highest whole-number flow Q in L/min that lasts the whole transfer?
Answer key
- 1. FiO₂ = 25 %
- 2. FiO₂ = 37 %
- 3. above 300: no ARDS grade
- 4. above 300: no ARDS grade
- 5. severe
- 6. Q = 6 L/min
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