Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
60 s480 mLf = 9/min · V̇E = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 9 times a minute with a tidal volume of 480 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.

VT 480 mL9/min
V̇E = L/min
2.Easy
60 s320 mLf = 19/min · V̇E = ?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 19 times a minute with a tidal volume of 320 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.

VT 320 mL19/min
V̇E = L/min
3.Medium
PaO₂ 55 mmHg · FiO₂ 0.7 · PEEP 6 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 55 mmHg (7.3 kPa) on 70% oxygen with a PEEP of 6 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.

PaO₂ 55 mmHg (7.3 kPa)FiO₂ 70%PEEP 6 cmH₂O
  1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
  2. 2mild
  3. 3moderate
  4. 4severe
4.Medium
1000psiDf = 0.16 L/psi6 L/minresidual 200 psit = ? min

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size D oxygen cylinder (factor 0.16 L/psi) reads 1000 psi and runs at 6 L/min. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, how many minutes t will it last? Round down to a whole minute.

1000 psif = 0.16 L/psi6 L/min200 psi
t = min
5.Hard
1250psiDf = 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 1250 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 min1250 psif = 0.16 L/psi200 psi
Q = L/min
6.Hard
91 kg179 cm♀6 mL/kg PBWVT​ = ? mL

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated woman is 179 cm tall and weighs 91 kg. Lung-protective ventilation is set at 6 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.

179 cm91 kg6 mL/kg
VT = mL

Answer key

  1. 1. V̇E = 4.32 L/min
  2. 2. V̇E = 6.08 L/min
  3. 3. severe
  4. 4. t = 21 min
  5. 5. Q = 3 L/min
  6. 6. VT = 418 mL

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