Treatment and Medication

Question 1

A respiratory therapy used to temporarily replace or supplement the patient’s natural breathing function.

Answer 1

Ventilator

Question 2

A treatment in which the “patient is propped at different angles” to drain secretions from the lungs.

Answer 2

Postural Drainage

Question 3

A medication administered to prevent or relieve coughing.

Answer 3

Antitussive

Question 4

An inhaled medication administered to expand the openings of the passages onto the lungs.

Answer 4

Bronchodilator