Mod7 : Treatment Procedures

Question 1

Medication and administration
1. Antitussive 
- known as ‘cough medicine’ 
Tuss- cough 
Ive- performs 

2. Bronchodilator
   - inhaled medication
   - relaxes expands bronchial passage
   -
3. Metered dose inhaler
   - administers specific amount of medication
   - such as bronchodilator in aerosol form
   - for asthma
4. Nebulizer
   - electronic device
   - pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into mist
   - inhaled by face mask or mouthpiece

Question 2

Controller medicines
- long term
Quick relief or rescue medicines
- taken during first sign of asthma attack

Question 3

Nose,Throat,Larynx

1. Endotracheal intubation
   - ETT
   - intubation for patients on ventilator
2. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
   - procedure uses endoscope
   - to enlarge opening between nose and sinus to treat chronic sinusitis
3. Laryngectomy
   - surgical removal of larynx
4. laryngotomy
   - surgical incision into larynx
5. Septoplasty
   - surgical repair or alteration of nasal septum

Question 4

Trachea

1. Tracheostomy
   - surgically create opening in trachea to insert temporary or permanent tube
2. Tracheotomy
   - incision into trachea to gain access to the airway below a blockage

Question 5

Lungs, Pleura and Thorax

1. Pneumonectomy
   - surgical removal of all or part of lung
2. Lobectomy
   - surgical removal of lobe of an organ - usually lung,brain,liver
3. Wedge resection
   - surgery
   - wedge shaped piece of cancerous lung tissue is removed
   - along with margin of healthy tissue
4. Thoracentesis
   - surgical puncture of chest wall with a needle
   - obtain fluid from pleural cavity
5. Thoracotomy
   - Surgical incision to open pleural cavity for biopsy or treatment
6. Video assisted thoracic surgery
   - uses thoroscope

Question 6

Respiratory therapy

1. Diaphragmatic breathing
   - known as ‘ abdominal breathing’
   - ralaxation technique
   - remove anxiety
2. CPAP machine
   - noninvasive ventilation
   - for sleep apnea
3. BiPAP
   - like CPAP
   - but set to higher pressure for inhaling and lower pressure for exhaling
4. AMBU bag
   - resuscitator
   - used to assist ventilation
5. Supplemental oxygen using
6. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
   - breathing pure oxygen in a special chamber
   - air pressure raised three times more than normal
   Nasal cannula