Patient was educated on pulmonary surfactant as follows:

1. Surfactant is a substance produced by cells in the alveoli of the lung.
2. During exhalation or breathing out, surface tension between the walls of the alveoli will be high and this can lead to the walls of the alveoli to stick together and collapse.
3. During the next inhalation or breathing in, collapsed alveoli demand extra effort to expand and accommodate fresh air.
4. Surfactant in the lung helps to reduce the surface tension between the walls of the alveoli.
5. Reduced surface tension helps with preventing collapse of the alveoli and helps with an easy expansion of the alveoli to accommodate fresh air during the inhalation process.
6. Easy expansion and accommodation of fresh air will reduce the work of breathing.