Harm Reduction ⫸INJECTIONS: I.V. FAQs & Info MEGATHREAD⫷

[murphyncats]

My tips for iv

Apply heat 5 minutes on the vein
Know your superficial and deep veins
Understand the direction of the vein
Hydrate a lot before along electrolytes
Do a set of bicep curl
Keep the arm lower then your heart and shake it before applying the tourniquet
Apply a gently tighten tourniquet
Use the biggest veins : cephalic, median and basilic vein
Use short tips
Tap gently on the vein before applying the alcool swab

For me, i use a angle syringe entry of about 60 degree and when i reach the vein and i register it, i keep my attention on the deepness of the tip that caused the register and while shooting keep my attention to make sure the tip doesnt move at all

Also, for veins that moves around, no big deal, i move back the tip, look if the veins went left or right, then attack her from the side

Knowing how deep or superficial each veins are is critical

Finally, i inject 3/4 of the dosage in about 10 seconds, then wait 20 seconds to see if its enough, register again and finish the shot

My success rate is about 9/10

 

[KattyKorner]

IV question from someone just curious about vein health. Not ignorant about drugs at all, just this is a gap in knowledge.

I've always read to move your injection sites, to keep veins from collapsing. I'm wondering how far away to move them.

Of course, ideally you use a different vein evey time, but if one has prominent veins, and can access them easily, would you move a few centimeters? Find another branch off of the main vein? An inch?

Just curious of how far to move from one injection spot before coming back to the same spot.

 

[TheGyattDamnRizzler]

IV question from someone just curious about vein health. Not ignorant about drugs at all, just this is a gap in knowledge.

I've always read to move your injection sites, to keep veins from collapsing. I'm wondering how far away to move them.

Of course, ideally you use a different vein evey time, but if one has prominent veins, and can access them easily, would you move a few centimeters? Find another branch off of the main vein? An inch?

Just curious of how far to move from one injection spot before coming back to the same spot.

If you are doing iv coke or heroin / fent.

You can run up the road of the vein but try not to constantly ram the same vein. Rotate to other veins after a few injections. You typically won't see blown out veins if you are sort of careful with your technique and rotate.

If you are injecting meth/ crack / or tranque fent.
Be very careful of how much you are hitting the same veins, they will dissappear very fast and not come back for a very long time.
I've been having to inject in my palm and my forehead it sucks.

 

[RUC4]

No, but you can buy all this stuff on eBay, Amazon, aliexpress, or any number of online retailers/wholesalers. Lemme ask you something: would you have said that if we were talking about a drug? I doubt it

I truly don't understand why you said that. Do you ordinarily only buy stuff at retail pharmacies? I couldn't afford that lol. Why would I buy from them if I could buy from Amazon? They bring it to me for nothing at a way lower price.

For American manufacturers, you do have to look around online in order to get it for a reasonable price. Amazon and AliExpress essentially sell the same Chinese goods as veterinary supplies, just like they sell some vaporizers as "short circuit detector" etc.

You aren't the first person who has said something like that to me. I feel like there is this resistance to doing anything differently, probably because people don't understand enough about what they are doing in the first place.

My goal is to eventually use the same procedure they would in hospitals. The main barrier for me is actually not getting the stuff (and I'm poor too lol). It is having the discipline to learn what to do. It isn't HARD, but it's not easy, either. The main problem is that there are so many little things you have to learn, and a lot of them aren't even mentioned because the guides are written FOR NURSES (or nursing students).

The hardest part is by far is only having one free hand. That is why I said to get Insyte Autoguard BC Catheters: they won't let blood flow back out of the catheter until a little time goes by. Ordinarily, this isn't much of an issue because a nurse can just press on the vein with a finger upstream. But we are only working with one hand. It's actually not impossible, but it's a really complicated finger dance lol. After all, there are one-handed nurses out there, and they have to be just as good as everyone else. I'll bet they actually are some of the best.

i really don't think there are one-handed nurses out there. the job requires you to have to be able to help lift a patient and do a bunch of other procedures that require 2 good hands and a lot of coordination. so i don't think so.