Jesus, I wasn’t thinking about that until you pointed it out but you’re right. If I wasn’t such a memory-hoarding dorkbrain I wouldn’t have even realized why you’re right without knowing what it’s called to google it.
Yes, I don’t know what it’s called, but if you ever have to give someone allergy/heart attack/diabetes medication by injection, make sure the damn syringe is empty (pushed down entirely) until after the tip is submerged in the medicine because air bubbles in your blood will cause your heart to stop or something. It’s really that important, and this is why doctors get paid the big bucks.
Yeah the doctors get paid the big bucks for that, meanwhile your friendly neighbourhood junkie has done 126,234 injections both on themselves and others, without ever putting in a bubble, and they get jack shit. How is that fair?
Not saying it is. Just that it’s extremely dangerous to not know what you’re doing, but I get that if you’re successfully taking recreational drugs regularly then you probably do. I’m not even talking about a junkie who at least has learned to do injections properly, I’m saying “if you’ve never done it before, be very careful about not having any air in it because that can kill someone”.
Right, that was just my twisted idea of being humorous. O course you’re absolutely right, it’s just funny that it’s common knowledge in the heavy drug world.
One of the few medical things you see on TV that’s a good idea, that pointing the needle upward and squeezing until a bit of fluid has spurted out, to make sure and get the air bubbles out.
Jesus, I wasn’t thinking about that until you pointed it out but you’re right. If I wasn’t such a memory-hoarding dorkbrain I wouldn’t have even realized why you’re right without knowing what it’s called to google it.
Yes, I don’t know what it’s called, but if you ever have to give someone allergy/heart attack/diabetes medication by injection, make sure the damn syringe is empty (pushed down entirely) until after the tip is submerged in the medicine because air bubbles in your blood will cause your heart to stop or something. It’s really that important, and this is why doctors get paid the big bucks.
Yeah the doctors get paid the big bucks for that, meanwhile your friendly neighbourhood junkie has done 126,234 injections both on themselves and others, without ever putting in a bubble, and they get jack shit. How is that fair?
Not saying it is. Just that it’s extremely dangerous to not know what you’re doing, but I get that if you’re successfully taking recreational drugs regularly then you probably do. I’m not even talking about a junkie who at least has learned to do injections properly, I’m saying “if you’ve never done it before, be very careful about not having any air in it because that can kill someone”.
Right, that was just my twisted idea of being humorous. O course you’re absolutely right, it’s just funny that it’s common knowledge in the heavy drug world.
Fair enough.
One of the few medical things you see on TV that’s a good idea, that pointing the needle upward and squeezing until a bit of fluid has spurted out, to make sure and get the air bubbles out.