Neuromuscular Blocking & Reversal Agents for Anesthesia Technicians

Neuromuscular blocking agents are used during anesthesia to produce skeletal muscle relaxation or paralysis. Anesthesia technicians and technologists benefit from understanding how neuromuscular blockade differs from anesthesia, analgesia, sedation, and amnesia, as well as its important implications for airway management, ventilation, monitoring, and patient safety.

This lesson covers succinylcholine, rocuronium, vecuronium, cisatracurium, sugammadex, and neostigmine, along with depolarizing and nondepolarizing blockade, train-of-four monitoring, residual neuromuscular blockade, reversal concepts, malignant hyperthermia awareness, medication safety, and equipment readiness within the anesthesia technician's authorized role.