Dr. Ian Musgrave

They stop the nerve signaling, so your muscles just stop working. Now, you may be saying, okay, why would you want to paralyse your respiratory muscles?

They stop the nerve signaling, so your muscles just stop working. Now, you may be saying, okay, why would you want to paralyse your respiratory muscles?

Of course, if you give a paralysing dose of these drugs without putting in a breathing tube and without artificially respiring them, guess what happens?

Of course, if you give a paralysing dose of these drugs without putting in a breathing tube and without artificially respiring them, guess what happens?

They die. They suffocate because they can't breathe.

They die. They suffocate because they can't breathe.

Incredibly horrible. You're paralysed and you can't move and you can't react and you're suffocating to death.

Incredibly horrible. You're paralysed and you can't move and you can't react and you're suffocating to death.

They stop the nerve signaling, so your muscles just stop working.

Now, you may be saying, okay, why would you want to paralyse your respiratory muscles?

Of course, if you give a paralyzing dose of these drugs without putting in a breathing tube and without artificially respiring them, guess what happens?

They suffocate because they can't breathe.

Incredibly horrible.

You're paralysed and you can't move and you can't react and you're suffocating to death.