Z A/s - Neuromuscular Blockers

Front 1

Neuromuscular blockers paralyze only ___muscle, not ___ muscle

Back 1

skeletal, not visceral smooth

Front 2

With neuromuscular blockers, the patient can't ___ or ___, but the ___ & ___ can function.

Back 2

can't move or breath but heart and GI can function

Front 3

Neuromuscular blockers have no effect on the ___ thus provide no sedation or analgesia

Back 3

CNS

Front 4

When are neuromuscular blockers administered?

Back 4

After induction of general anesthesia

Front 5

Since the patient cannot breathe when NM blockers are used, you must ___ & ___ the patient

Back 5

intubate and ventilate

Front 6

Although not used much in vet med, what are some uses of NM blockers?

Back 6

Thoracic, orthopedic and ophthalmic surgery, reintubation in laryngospasm

Front 7

Succinylcholine, Gallamine, Pancuronium bromide, and Curare are what kind of drugs?

Back 7

NM blockers

Front 8

Name two types of NM blockers

Back 8

depolarizing and nonepolarizing muscle paralyzers

Front 9

How do nondepolarizing muscle paralyzers work? Example of?

Back 9

replace acetylcholine at receptor and prevent receptor activation - Succinylcholine

Front 10

How to depolarizing muscle paralyzers work? Example?

Back 10

they compete w/ acetylcholine at receptor site - Gallamine, pancuronium bromide, curare

Front 11

Which kind of NM blockers can be reversed? Name the reversant

Back 11

depolarizing muscle paralyzers, neostigmine

Front 12

When using NM blocker succinylcholine, how to muscles react?

Back 12

twitch followed by paralysis

Front 13

Anesthesia - neuromuscular blockers

Back 13

Anesthesia - neuromuscular blockers