Live relationshipVE=VTfV_E = V_T f
Pulmonary monitor. Breaths per minute at 28.8 /min. Minute ventilation 14.4 L/min, Patient requirement 7.5 L/min. Currently minute ventilation is over by 6.9 L/min.PULMONARY MONITORTUNING28.8 /MINBREATHING WAVEFORM

Minute ventilation

14.4L/min

Patient requirement

7.5L/min

28.8 /min

Pulmonary monitor. Breaths per minute at 28.8 /min. Minute ventilation 14.4 L/min, Patient requirement 7.5 L/min. Currently minute ventilation is over by 6.9 L/min.

Narrative feed

You are called to a ventilator being set for a patient after surgery.

The patient needs 7.5 L per minute of ventilation. Each breath delivers 0.5 L, and the rate on the machine is wrong.