Injections Part 2

Well here's the commentary Motor mouth said would be in the subsequent post=p haha=) These pictures were taken during my crash course injections lesson last friday. Surprisingly, even though it was our first time learning how to give an injection, the teacher asked me if I had any experience in administering one! I was shocked! Did she mean that some people had given injections even before they entered first year of med school?? Even before they had their first proper injections lesson?!?! I was like huh?!?!? How can any doctor take the risk of a student, injecting a patient wrongly? Isn't that a very dangerous risk to take? Who in their right mind would let someone who's bordering on their post teenage and pre adult years do such a thing?!?!? Risking a litigation court case! Well... I don't know of such people but my teacher has most certainly heard of them.. sheesh.

Anyway, picture no 1 is one of my desk, they way things were laid out. On the left u're got fake skin, scotch tape, then this white tray with cotton swabs in it and sharps. On the rightmost side is a strap on fake skin. This one is more spongy, as u'll see in picture no 4. Didn't manage to take a picture of th sharps bin, though I think I should have cause it was too far away and I was lazy..haha=p Oh well, thought I'd take my camera out and doodle about with it since I was the earliest one there..

Second pic shows a subcutaneous injection being given. The correct angle should range between 35 to 45 degress just like whats shown. haha=p The lovely hand model is my beautiful classmate, who I shall not name, who very kindly also taught me how to edit down the size of a large picture file=p Which was superbly useful for transfering these pictures! Anyway, we all had to wear gloves and look all doctorish.. and because of safety purposes too! Have to be careful! They have different sorts of gloves, latex kind, the one shown in this picture and the non latex kind for those with allergies which are blue in colour and shown in the last picture. The fluid inside the needle is water. We're not using anyting else cause its not only dangerous but also costly. haha=p water's good enough.

The third picture shows the different types of gauges the needles are of. The higher the gauge the sharper or smaller th needle tip is. The orange one shown there is supposed to be the of the smallest size while the one at the leftmost end, the one thats pink is known as the drawing out needle. You use that to draw liquid out of the vial so that you dont damage the tip of the actual needle i.e. make it more blunt. So, thats why you need 2 different needles, one for drawing out and one for injecting. The drawing out needle doesnt have a sharp end, It's tip is flat so you basically, you can't hurt anyone with it. There are also 3ml syringes, alcohol swabs and cotton balls in the picture.

The last picture is one of me pinching the fake skin wearing non-latex gloves. No I don't have an allergy, just wanted to find out what wearing non-latex gloves would be like. And they are different mind you. The latex ones hug your skin better thought they leave behind a smell. The non-latex ones are looser and now that i've tried those, I think i like the latex ones more. Well, the pinching action not only shows how soft this particular sample of fake skin is but also represents the motion u're supposed to make on the patient's skin just before you administer a subcutaneous injection. The pinching action also helps you distract the " gateway of pain", when the needle just enters the skin.

Well, thats about it, just a short description of the pics below. Not the step by step methods of how to administer an injection. This I fear could be used in the wrong way by some baddies. haha=p So yeah, anyway, i'm no expert on injections but hope you enjoyed the brief commentary!! ^_^ Adios!!