6 min
Paralytics The Anesthesia Thrive Guide
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- Medicine
In common conversation, you may have heard that all anesthesiologists do is "put people to sleep," but that is far more a euphemism than a reality. Part of an anesthesiologist's medical care is to create akinesia, which involves the administration of muscle-relaxing agents - essentially paralyzing the patient. This episode introduces the paralytics, their mechanisms of action, and special usages in the operating room and intensive care unit.
In common conversation, you may have heard that all anesthesiologists do is "put people to sleep," but that is far more a euphemism than a reality. Part of an anesthesiologist's medical care is to create akinesia, which involves the administration of muscle-relaxing agents - essentially paralyzing the patient. This episode introduces the paralytics, their mechanisms of action, and special usages in the operating room and intensive care unit.
6 min