Today I did my injection, and after I pulled the syringe out, a huge amount of blood shot out of my leg like a squirt gun, and projected at least a foot. I covered it and it shot out again, but stopped after that.
I'm assuming I hit an artery. I was concerned and started reading about it. I see that a lot of people doing intramuscular injections talk about 'aspirating'. I use the pre-filled of Avonex.
This never came up in my training. Are we suppose to do this?
Also, if I did inject into the artery, what would the symptoms be? It hurts, but not too bad. I hope I didn't lose any of the medication.
The bubble in the pre-filled: I inject until the injector (not sure of the name) reaches the bottom and the bubble is gone. Is that how I'm suppose to do this?
I've been doing this for a year and haven't had any issues...
Thanks so much!
I'm assuming I hit an artery. I was concerned and started reading about it. I see that a lot of people doing intramuscular injections talk about 'aspirating'. I use the pre-filled of Avonex.
This never came up in my training. Are we suppose to do this?
Also, if I did inject into the artery, what would the symptoms be? It hurts, but not too bad. I hope I didn't lose any of the medication.
The bubble in the pre-filled: I inject until the injector (not sure of the name) reaches the bottom and the bubble is gone. Is that how I'm suppose to do this?
I've been doing this for a year and haven't had any issues...
Thanks so much!
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