A portable blower includes a tube that may be adjusted to place air flow at a desired location and in a desired orientation, for example, on a feverish location, a damp location, and/or a wound on an individual's body while the individual convalesces. A method of using such a portable blower includes placing a housing of the portable blower at a location (e.g., outside of bedsheets or blankets, etc.) where the portable blower can take in air, and positioning a distal end of a hose whose proximal end has been coupled to an output of the portable blower at a location and in an orientation where ventilation will be provided to a desired location on an individual's body (e.g., a location covered by a gown, clothing, and/or bedsheets or blankets, etc.). The hose may retain the configuration into which it is adjusted.
