John_Burrows
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I've been IVing dilaudid for a few months now and the trickiest part is making sure you're in a vein. You know the drill - insert needle where you think the vein is, pull back a bit on the plunger and hope you see some blood rush in. If not, maybe push a little deeper, pull again and pray...
We've all probably poked ourselves a zillion times trying to find that vein. Usually, at least for me, the problem isn't finding the basic location of the vein, but knowing exactly how DEEP to go. Sometimes don't go deep enough and sometimes, no matter how careful to are, you pierce straight though that sucker and have to start all over.
Well, a few days ago i accidentally discovered a trick that makes this MUCH easier.
Insert the needle where you think the vein is, but be careful NOT to push too deep (in fact you WANT to stop just shy of where you think the vein is). Now pull back a bit on the plunger and HOLD IT THERE. Chances are you won't see any blood (since you purposely didn't insert deep enough) and now, with the plunger held up, slowly push the needle in - when you reach the vein, you'll magically see the blood rush into the syringe and bingo, you're in.
When the plunger is held back it creates the vacuum, which stays active until you give it something to actually suck up; when you finally pierce the vein, the vacuum suddenly has something to work with and so the blood rushes in.
Since i figured this out registering is SO much easier. Push in a little, pull plunger back, hold it, push in slowly and just wait until you see the blood. Then just make sure you hold that needle still!
And you only need to pull the plunger back the tiniest amount - just a smidgeon is enough.
Anyway, hope this helps some of you. I've done a lot of reading on injection and never seen this mentioned before, so maybe I've hit on something most of you haven't tried before...
We've all probably poked ourselves a zillion times trying to find that vein. Usually, at least for me, the problem isn't finding the basic location of the vein, but knowing exactly how DEEP to go. Sometimes don't go deep enough and sometimes, no matter how careful to are, you pierce straight though that sucker and have to start all over.
Well, a few days ago i accidentally discovered a trick that makes this MUCH easier.
Insert the needle where you think the vein is, but be careful NOT to push too deep (in fact you WANT to stop just shy of where you think the vein is). Now pull back a bit on the plunger and HOLD IT THERE. Chances are you won't see any blood (since you purposely didn't insert deep enough) and now, with the plunger held up, slowly push the needle in - when you reach the vein, you'll magically see the blood rush into the syringe and bingo, you're in.
When the plunger is held back it creates the vacuum, which stays active until you give it something to actually suck up; when you finally pierce the vein, the vacuum suddenly has something to work with and so the blood rushes in.
Since i figured this out registering is SO much easier. Push in a little, pull plunger back, hold it, push in slowly and just wait until you see the blood. Then just make sure you hold that needle still!
And you only need to pull the plunger back the tiniest amount - just a smidgeon is enough.
Anyway, hope this helps some of you. I've done a lot of reading on injection and never seen this mentioned before, so maybe I've hit on something most of you haven't tried before...
