Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
2150psiDf = 0.16 L/psiresidual 200 psiV = ? L

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size D oxygen cylinder reads 2150 psi. Its cylinder factor is 0.16 L/psi. How many litres V can be used before the safe residual of 200 psi is reached?

2150 psif = 0.16 L/psi200 psi
V = L
2.Easy
1900psiHf = 3.14 L/psiresidual 200 psiV = ? L

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size H oxygen cylinder reads 1900 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?

1900 psif = 3.14 L/psi200 psi
V = L
3.Medium
2100psiDf = 0.16 L/psi5 L/minresidual 200 psit = ? min

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size D oxygen cylinder (factor 0.16 L/psi) reads 2100 psi and runs at 5 L/min. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, how many minutes t will it last? Round down to a whole minute.

2100 psif = 0.16 L/psi5 L/min200 psi
t = min
4.Medium
PaO₂ 109 mmHg · FiO₂ 1 · PEEP 12 cmH₂O0100200300400500P/F (mmHg)above 300: no ARDS grademildmoderatesevere

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 109 mmHg (14.5 kPa) on 100% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.

PaO₂ 109 mmHg (14.5 kPa)FiO₂ 100%PEEP 12 cmH₂O
  1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
  2. 2mild
  3. 3moderate
  4. 4severe
5.Hard
132 bar3 L15 L/min20 bart = ? min

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A cylinder with a water capacity of 3 L is filled to 132 bar and runs at 15 L/min. The gas volume is about the water capacity × the pressure. In this exercise the cylinder is changed at 20 bar. How many minutes t until it must be changed? Round down to a whole minute.

3 L132 bar15 L/min20 bar
t = min
6.Hard
81 kg155 cm♀5 mL/kg PBWVT​ = ? mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated woman is 155 cm tall and weighs 81 kg. Lung-protective ventilation is set at 5 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.

155 cm81 kg5 mL/kg
VT = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V = 312 L
  2. 2. V = 5338 L
  3. 3. t = 60 min
  4. 4. moderate
  5. 5. t = 22 min
  6. 6. VT = 239 mL

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