What is happening
You are called to a high-altitude trekking clinic checking a client before a pass.
The client is breathing well off the clinic’s target. Each breath moves 0.5 L, and the clinic wants a minute volume of 7.5 L.
Minute volume
14.72L/min
Required volume
7.5L/min
Pulmonary monitor. Breathing rate at 29 breaths/min. Minute volume 14.72 L/min, Required volume 7.5 L/min. Currently minute volume is over by 7.22 L/min.
What is happening
You are called to a high-altitude trekking clinic checking a client before a pass.
The client is breathing well off the clinic’s target. Each breath moves 0.5 L, and the clinic wants a minute volume of 7.5 L.