In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds ...

Succinylcholine (Sch) and rocuronium (ROC) are both recommended for rapid sequence induction intubation. The onset, extent, and duration of muscle paralysis are dose-dependent. Sch remains the drug of ...