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3 2 Incentive Spirometry
3 2 Incentive Spirometry
⚫ An incentive spirometer
helps increase lung
volume and promotes
inflation of the alveoli. It
is also referred to as
Sustained Maximal
Inspiration Devices
(SMI’s).
INDICATION
1. For pulmonary function testing.
2. To check capacity of lung volume
3. Lung illness such as pneumonia
4. To keep lungs healthy after
surgery
5. Used to diagnosed asthma, COPD,
and other conditions that affect
breathing.
Purposes:
1) To improve pulmonary ventilation