Really, to start intubation on the breathing person you have to turn off human breathing system. Otherwise, you could get a severe lung damage, when ventilator tries to fill the lungs and muscules try to breathe out or vice versa. That is why that neuromuscular blockade necessary. Turning off the basic human instinct of breathing could lead not only to obvious risks, but also to barely studied consequences including different psychological problems and effects.

Really, to start intubation you have to turn off human breathing system. Otherwise, you could get a severe lung damage, when ventilator tries to fill the lungs and muscules try to breathe out or vice versa. That is why that neuromuscular blockade necessary. Turning off the basic human instinct of breathing could lead not only to obvious risks, but also to barely studied consequences including different psychological problems and effects.