Editing Vecuronium bromide (section)

==Society and culture==

Vecuronium bromide has been used as part of a drug cocktail that prisons in the [[Capital punishment in the United States|United States]] use for execution by [[lethal injection]]. Vecuronium is used to paralyze the prisoner and stop his or her breathing, in conjunction with a sedative and [[potassium chloride]] to stop the prisoner's heart. Injections of vecuronium bromide without proper sedation allow the person to be fully awake but unable to move in response to pain.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/oklahoma-executions.html | title = One Execution Botched, Oklahoma Delays the Next | date = 29 April 2014 | work = The New York Times | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140502042154/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/oklahoma-executions.html | archive-date = 2 May 2014 }}</ref>

In 2001, Japanese nurse [[Daisuke Mori]] was reported to have murdered 10 patients using vecuronium bromide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20010111/iin11054.html|title=Japanese nurse kills 10 patients, says wanted to trouble hospital|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=10 January 2001|access-date=22 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309151114/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20010111/iin11054.html|archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> He was convicted of murder and was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nurse gets life for patient slaying|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/weekly/news/nn2004/nn20040410a6.htm|access-date=26 October 2011|newspaper=The Japan Times Weekly|date=10 April 2004|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401130642/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/weekly/news/nn2004/nn20040410a6.htm|archive-date=1 April 2010}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Vanderbilt University Medical Center]] nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of two felony charges in the death of a patient who was mistakenly administered vecuronium bromide, rather than the [[sedative]] [[midazolam]], also known as Versed.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/25/1088902487/former-nurse-found-guilty-in-accidental-injection-death-of-75-year-old-patient | title = Former nurse found guilty in accidental injection death of 75-year-old patient | date = 25 March 2022 | work = NPR }}</ref>