A patient is brought to the emergency department after a motor vehicle accident and requires endotracheal intubation. Which drug would the nurse expect to administer to facilitate intuba-tion?
a. Succinylcholine (Anectine)
b. Atropine (Sal-Tropine)
c. Doxacurium (Nuromax)
d. Pancuronium
A
Succinylcholine is short acting, which is indicated for endotracheal intubation in an emergency situation.
Atropine is an antagonist for muscarinic poisoning and not indicated in this situation.
Doxacurium is a long-acting neuromuscular blocker and not indicated for intubation in this situa-tion.
Pancuronium is a long-acting neuromuscular blocker and not indicated for intubation in this situ-ation.
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