A protective garment is provided for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker in connection with a weight-bearing harness worn by the firefighter or other emergency worker over the exterior of the protective garment. The nebulizer includes a liquid medication supply unit and a vaporizing unit. A frame-like spacer element is arranged on the housing with fixing means to the housing, defining a supporting surface for a tablet, which tablet may be spaced to a greater or lesser extent by means of the spacer element in order for said tablet to be reached at all times by the appropriate heat to be full efficiently vaporized.