Akula52

+1 on moving in with your parents! Look, I am an ex- US Navy Nuke, and Nursing is the hardest scolastic program I ever had to do! Move in and save yourself some greif!

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I of course understand the anatomy of the SQ layer, but what type of trama could I cause with aspiration? I guess my thinking was why not aspirate, to help ensure you are in the SQ and not the IM. I was thinking of the emaciated patient when I asked this question. Sorry for not getting it!

Hello, this is my first post and I am in my 2nd semester and I can't find the answer to this question. Maybe I should know the answer, but my classmates could not answer it either, nor can I find it in my reference material. The book just says "Do not aspirate and Do not rub" When giving a Heparin SQ shot, why do you not aspirate to verify that you have not hit a vien and/or went to deep, possibly into the muscle? I am well aware or shot techniques, i.e gauge, lenght, angle etc. Thank you in advance for the help.