Epinephrine Administration

Tom RaderStaff - June 2, 2021

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Pushing out air after filling the syringe isn’t done (for the ampule)?

To aspirate is not necessary because the risk of hitting a veine is low or is there a different reason also?

(I learned to remove air after filling it – but a long time ago).

 

Good question.

As a general rule you want to remove as much air as possible from the syringe prior to administering the medicine.

As a general rule you want to aspirate your syringe prior to pushing the medicine to confirm you are not in a vein or artery, no matter how small of chance it may be.  Different medicines can be administered using different injection techniques; subcutaneous, deep intramuscular, intravenous, etc.  

So it can be very important at times.  

 

Thx for the detailed answer!

 

Great points. Having had to administer shots this way recently removing air and aspiration were the two things that I was taught as most important. I think these should have been in the video though.