Treatment Procedures

Question 1

• cough medicine

Answer 1

Antitussive

Question 2

• relieves nasal congestion from allergies or illness

Answer 2

Decongestant

Question 3

*oral medication that makes it easier to cough up mucus
* Many cold medications contain decongestants and ________

Answer 3

Expectorant

Question 4

*device that pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into a mist which is inhaled by the patient

Answer 4

Nebulizer

Question 5

• surgical creation of a stoma into the trachea below the vocal cords to insert a temporary or permanent tube to facilitate breathing

Answer 5

Tracheostomy

Question 6

*an incision is made into the trachea to gain access to the airway below a blockage

Answer 6

Tracheotomy