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The neuromuscular order sheet listed several standardized neuromuscular blocking agents based on weight-based dosing and prompted clinicians to add on the pain and sedation pathways to ensure that adequate pain and sedation management were received.
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Unless a person under the influence of a neuromuscular blocking agent is assisted by an artificial breathing mechanism (such as a ventilator), he or she will suffocate to death.
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The nurse obtained and administered the neuromuscular blocking agent vecuronium (Norcuron) instead, which led to a fatal heart arrhythmia.
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