Oxygen therapy & respiratory calculations worksheet with answers

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). The gauge on a size H oxygen cylinder reads 2000 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?

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient breathes 20 times a minute with a tidal volume of 730 mL. Find the minute ventilation V̇E in L/min.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A size E oxygen cylinder (factor 0.28 L/psi) reads 650 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.

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A ventilated patient who meets the other Berlin criteria for ARDS has PaO₂ 85 mmHg (11.3 kPa) on 30% oxygen with a PEEP of 12 cmH₂O. Calculate the P/F ratio and click the ARDS severity.

1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A patient with acute hypoxaemia and bilateral opacities, not explained by heart failure, has PaO₂ 14.8 kPa on 50% oxygen with a PEEP of 15 cmH₂O. Grade the ARDS severity with the Berlin definition. Click your answer.

1. 1above 300: no ARDS grade
2. 2mild
3. 3moderate
4. 4severe
5. 5not gradable: PEEP below 5

Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A transfer will take 20 minutes. The size D cylinder (factor 0.16 L/psi) reads 1600 psi. Keeping a safe residual of 200 psi, what is the highest whole-number flow Q in L/min that lasts the whole transfer?