Physiology - nerve, junction and muscle; the pharmacology of neuromuscular blocking drugs; suxamethonoium; non-depolarizing muscle relaxants; monitoring neuromuscular blockade; techniques of administering muscle relaxants; reversal of neuromuscular blockade; relaxants in specific clinical situations; drug interactions; muscle relaxants drugs in paediatric anaesthesia; muscle relaxant drugs in the Intensive Care unit; adverse reactions to muscle relaxant drugs.