what we learn with needle and syringes

This week we learn about needle and syringes and virus in dogs and cats and how long you should vaccine your animals. And there are all different types of syringes and needles sizes and style. We also learn the parts up the needle there are 4 types of syringes luer-lok , slip tip, eccentric, and a catheter tip. And locations of routes of administration there is Nasal, Oral, IV(intravenous), IM(intramuscular), IP(intraperitoneal), Sub-Q(subcutaneous). we also went over several techniques on injecting needles.

Subcutaneous: fold the skin with your thumb and finger to make a skin "tent". Insert the needle through one side of the tent at an angle of 30 to 45 degrees relative to the surface of the body. If it isn’t possible to make a "tent", slide the needle under the skin at an angle of about 30 degrees from parallel to the skin surface and inject. The fluid should form a slight ‘bubble’ under the skin but should not be in the skin itself.

Intramuscular: quickly inject the needle directly into the fruit of the orange and slowly inject the saline. The needle should be perpendicular to the skin. The fluid should not be visible.

Intradermal: insert the needle at a very low angle (almost parallel to the skin). Inject and watch to make sure the colored saline solution stays within the skin. The skin should form a ‘bruise’ visible on the surface.

intravenous is basically your IV but all of these techniques are use in a veterinary hospital