Neuromuscular block
digital file Colour Sound 1956 11:31
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Summary: An unconventional and delightful presentation by means of animated diagrams, actual experiments and stop-frame animated cartoon characters of the theory and clinical practice of muscle relaxants, with particular reference to tubocurarine, succinylcholine and decamethonium. Also discusses the electrical aspects of neuromuscular transmission. 2 segments.
Title number: 18120
LSA ID: LSA/21277
Description: Segment 1 In a dramatisation, a hospital room is shown, with a patient unconscious in bed. A doctor is told to use a relaxant, but appears confused. An animated model man in a dress suit appears and speaks in rhyming verse about how the doctor need not be confused. He proceeds to explains about muscle relaxants and how they work, with the aid of diagrams and animations. He also discusses antidotes to relaxants. An experiment using relaxants and antidotes is carried out using a rat diaphragm. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:36:00 Length: 00:05:36:00 Segment 2 The animated gentleman describes how impulses power muscles through the nerves with the aid of experiments and animations. He describes the two types of relaxants, competitors and depolarisers. The molecular structure of different relaxants are shown and discussed. Time start: 00:05:36:00 Time end: 00:11:31:21 Length: 00:05:55:21
Credits: Made by Wellcome Foundation Film Unit with Dr. B.G.B. Lucas (Surgical Unit, University College Hospital Medical School) and Dr. J.W. Trevan. Directed by Ronald Goodliffe and Douglas Fisher, written by Florence Anthony and narrated by Peter Hawkins.
Keywords: Neuromuscular Junction; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Muscle Relaxants, Central
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; University College Hospital Medical School
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