Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient receives oxygen by nasal cannula at 6 L/min. Using FiO₂ ≈ 21% + 4% per L/min, estimate the inspired oxygen FiO₂ in percent.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size E oxygen cylinder reads 1700 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?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size H oxygen cylinder (factor 3.14 L/psi) reads 550 psi and runs at 15 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 patient breathes 29 times a minute with a tidal volume of 490 mL. The anatomical dead space is 140 mL. Find the alveolar ventilation V̇A in L/min.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 12.9 kPa on 50% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.

1. 1above 300
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe
5. 5not gradable: PEEP below 5

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient has Hb 109 g/L, SaO₂ 95%, PaO₂ 74 mmHg (9.9 kPa) and a cardiac output of 4.8 L/min. With CaO₂ = 1.34 × Hb (g/dL) × SaO₂ + 0.003 × PaO₂ (mmHg), find the oxygen delivery DO₂ = CaO₂ × CO × 10 in mL/min.