This patient's potassium level before succinylcholine administration was 3.7 meq/L and rose to 7.3 meq/L during cardiac arrest. After receiving succinylcholine, her electrocardiogram showed wide ...

Since the 1950s, cardiac arrest has been observed in burn patients receiving succinylcholine. A decade later, hyperkalemia was determined to be the cause of the cardiac arrest in these patients.

Common paralytic drugs include succinylcholine, atracurium, and vecuronium. They're administered by an anesthesiologist directly into a vein via an intravenous (IV) line before and during a ...