RT Book, Section A1 Kruidering-Hall, Marieke A1 Campbell, Lundy A2 Katzung, Bertram G. SR Print(0) ID 1148436757 T1 Skeletal Muscle Relaxants T2 Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 14e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259641152 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148436757 RD 2024/11/03 AB CASE STUDYA 70-kg, 45-year-old single, unrestrained male driver, is involved in a motor vehicle crash. He is rushed to a nearby level 1 trauma center where he is found to have multiple facial fractures, a severe, unstable cervical spine injury, and significant left eye trauma. Further examination of his left eye reveals rupture of his globe. The ophthalmologist requests emergency surgery to repair and save his eye. Because the patient has suffered a recent trauma, you decide to perform a rapid sequence intubation in preparation for the surgical procedure. What muscle relaxant would you use to facilitate tracheal intubation? What is the proper dose for your chosen muscle relaxant? After intravenous infusion of your chosen muscle relaxant, you are unable to adequately visualize the patient’s larynx and vocal cords and cannot successfully pass an endotracheal tube. You switch to mask ventilation but are barely able to mask ventilate the patient, and you become worried that you will soon lose the ability to ventilate at all. Is there a medication that you can give to facilitate rapid return of spontaneous ventilation in this situation?