a patient care technician is assisting a pati...
a patient care technician is assisting a patient who is postoperative to use an incentive spirometer. which of the following statements should the technician make? \exhale into the spirometer as hard as you can.\ \try to raise the indicator inside the spirometer by inhaling.\ \exhale in short puffs into the spirometer.\ \inhale through the spirometer, and then try to hold your breath for about 12 seconds.\
Answer
# Answer:
B. "Try to raise the indicator inside the spirometer by inhaling."
# Brief Explanation:
Incentive spirometry involves slow, deep inhalation to raise the indicator, promoting lung expansion post - surgery. Exhaling hard or in short puffs is incorrect. Holding breath for 12 seconds is not the main instruction for using it initially.