Injection hints from "Nursing Procedures"

[Red Ketchup]

It's an adobe PDF file... decent information

http://www.breastcancerprofessional....nc/nursing.pdf

Red

[TrenFreak3]

good site, bump

[kman]

bump

[dansteelman]

definatly a good read!!

[Full Intensity]

gonna bump this....great read

[Red Ketchup]

Originally posted by bradtn
what about massaging the area after injecting? i always see bros talking about doing that for like 10 minutes, but this site tells you not to:

"Don’t massage the injection site or allow the patient to wear a tight-fitting garment over the site because it could force the medication into subcutaneous tissue." [and cause an abscess?]

Honestly I don't know... I always massage the site for a few minutes... never had a problem.

Any nurses/docs here have an opinion on that?

Red

[956Vette]

I always massage too. I think that's B.S.

[hybrid]

In the first part of the article it states that massaging the area is correct procedure. The part where it says not to massage is in the specialized Z-track method section.

"Using a gloved hand, cover the injection site immediately with the used alcohol sponge, apply gentle pressure, and unless contraindicated, massage the relaxed muscle to help distribute the drug."

[motoxxxguy]

Just curious, does anyone know why it says to not recap the needle before you put it in a the sharps container? (bottom of pg. 3)

-moto

[Red Ketchup]

Giving this a bump since there seems to be a LOT of injection questions and problems as of late...

Red

[Mr. Sparkle]

reguarding aspirating from the article-
"If blood appears in the syringe on aspiration,
the needle is in a blood vessel. If this occurs, stop
the injection, withdraw the needle, prepare another injection with new equipment, and inject another site. Don’t inject the bloody solution."

My question is, should you squirt the blood out and reinsert the pin, or get a whole new one or what? I thought I read before that it doesnt really matter if you inject the blood back into you, is that true?

BTW thanks Red for the read

[Calipso]

Good read, bump.

[bobbo23]

reguarding aspirating from the article-
"If blood appears in the syringe on aspiration,
the needle is in a blood vessel. If this occurs, stop
the injection, withdraw the needle, prepare another injection with new equipment, and inject another site. Don’t inject the bloody solution."

My question is, should you squirt the blood out and reinsert the pin, or get a whole new one or what? I thought I read before that it doesnt really matter if you inject the blood back into you, is that true?

BTW thanks Red for the read

bump, can someone clarify?

[asymmetrical1]

bump, can someone clarify?

if you inject into an area, and you pull the plunger back and blood goes into the syringe, that means you have hit a vein. what you should do is pull the pin back out, pull off the pin, put a new pin on the syringe and go back into a different area. i see no problems injecting a little blood with your gear.

[LightWeightBaby]

bump, can someone clarify?

You can squirt some of the blood out if there is a good amount in the syringe. just take the needle off and replace with a new one, If you have a little blood in the syringe it is really not a big deal it will be fine going back into you(it is your own blood and it was in your body before so it will be fine going back).

[punk_bbuilder]

Just curious, does anyone know why it says to not recap the needle before you put it in a the sharps container? (bottom of pg. 3)

-moto

Im pretty sure because if you recap and dont put directly in the sharps container it can be mistaken for a non used needle. My ex's mom is a nurse im pretty sure she told me a story about it once.

[Grant]

Just curious, does anyone know why it says to not recap the needle before you put it in a the sharps container? (bottom of pg. 3)

-moto

its a practice for nurses not to recap, that's what the sharps container is for, if you try to recap, you run the risk of sticking yourself(put yourself in the nurses shoes) and that could be dangerous depending on who you are sticking(and who they were sticking ) they give out fines if they find capped needles in the sharps container.

[LightWeightBaby]

its a practice for nurses not to recap, that's what the sharps container is for, if you try to recap, you run the risk of sticking yourself(put yourself in the nurses shoes) and that could be dangerous depending on who you are sticking(and who they were sticking ) they give out fines if they find capped needles in the sharps container.

theres a good answer from my man grant

[RussianVodka]

Nice post. Thank you!!!

[bobbo23]

You can squirt some of the blood out if there is a good amount in the syringe.

But doesnt the blood that you pulled out mix with the gear? So you would be shooting out some of gear/blood?

[cb25]

great read

could this be a sticky or an insert into the educational forums?

[cb25]

But doesnt the blood that you pulled out mix with the gear? So you would be shooting out some of gear/blood?

i would think you'd mix some of it...i wouldn't recommend trying to get all of it out...wouldn't want to waste the good juice

[Red Ketchup]

Well, personally the few times I've hit blood I simply squirt most of the blood back out, changed needles and stuck it back into a new spot.

Since blood is watery, it barely (if at all) mixes with oil in the pin, and as stated above, I don't see how a fraction of a drop of blood injected intra-muscle could cause any problems.

Any opinions from the docs or nurses on the board?

Red

[TheSevnthWarrior]

I always massage too. I think that's B.S.

I'm with Vette - BS I think, I was always told TOO do that to help with dispersion into the tissue, always seem to make sense to me.
I dunno, I've done lots of things wrong for long periods of time!

[TheSevnthWarrior]

It's an adobe PDF file... decent information

http://www.breastcancerprofessional....nc/nursing.pdf

Red

I cant access this link, my image viewer opens and says no preview available, what's up with that? Maybe my Adobe is corrupt?
Anybody else have this problem??

[Bigun]

great post, very useful information RK

[johnsomebody]

Excellent link!! Finally some real professional directions and info rather than just hearsay.

Thanks for finding that RK -I wish I'd had it months ago.