You are preparing to transfer a critically ill ventilated patient and are determining the amount of oxygen that you will require for the transfer. The estimated transfer time is 1 hour and the patient has a minute volume of 6 L/min, FiO2 of 0.6 and a ventilator driving gas of 0.5 L/min. What are the oxygen requirements for the transfer, using the equation: 2 × Transport time in minutes × [(MV × FiO2) + ventilator driving gas]

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The Answer of You are preparing to transfer a critically ill ventilated patient and are determining the amount of oxygen that you will require for the transfer. The estimated transfer time is 1 hour and the patient has a minute volume of 6 L/min, FiO2 of 0.6 and a ventilator driving gas of 0.5 L/min. What are the oxygen requirements for the transfer, using the equation: 2 × Transport time in minutes × [(MV × FiO2) + ventilator driving gas]

You Are Preparing to Transfer a Critically Ill Ventilated Patient