Patient was educated on the process to use an incentive spirometer as follows: Sit up and hold the incentive spirometer up straight, so that, you can see the readings on the main chamber of the spirometer. Sitting straight up will add gravity to help better lung expansion. Place the mouthpiece of the incentive spirometer in your mouth. Make a tight seal over the mouthpiece with your lips. Exhale normally to empty your lungs. Inhale slowly [...]

Patient was educated on advantages of using incentive spirometer as follows: Incentive spirometer is a device to help with deep breathing in patients who are at risk to develop atelectasis and collapsed areas in the lung. Incentive spirometry helps with better expansion of lungs and loosen the mucus and secretions blocking the airways, so that, they can be coughed up. Incentive spirometry helps better air exchange and oxygen transport and relieves shortness of breath This [...]