Live relationshipVE=VTfV_E = V_T f
Pulmonary monitor. Breathing rate at 2.4 /min. Minute ventilation 1.44 L/min, Oxygen demand 8.4 L/min. Currently minute ventilation is short by 6.96 L/min.PULMONARY MONITORTUNING2.4 /MINBREATHING WAVEFORM

Minute ventilation

1.44L/min

Oxygen demand

8.4L/min

2.4 /min

Pulmonary monitor. Breathing rate at 2.4 /min. Minute ventilation 1.44 L/min, Oxygen demand 8.4 L/min. Currently minute ventilation is short by 6.96 L/min.

Narrative feed

You are called to a high-altitude clinic assessing a climber with shallow breathing.

The climber needs 8.4 L per minute. Their tidal volume has dropped to 0.6 L, and the compensating rate is wrong.