Name : Badriyah Tamami

NIM : P27825116013

STEAM INHALATION PROCEDURE

Procedure :

1. Fill kettle with water just below the level of the spout, and bring the water to boiling point. Add
1 tsp of medication ( Vicks or Benzoin ) into the boiling water.
2. Carry the stove and the kettle with caution near the bedside of the patient, if the patient is
unable to stand or sit on the chair.
3. If croup tent is indicated, open an umbrella over the head of the patient and cover it with a
sheet to form a tent.
4. With the newspaper make a cylindrical tube direct to the steam into the tent away from the
patients face.
5. If the patient is able to shit on the chair, he may sit near the stove in the kitchen. With the
cylindrical tube of paper the steam is directed into the patients face for inhalation.
6. Treatment time: 30 minutes to one hour, morning and evening, as tolerated.