I’ve seen kids learn to draw and administer medications in one lesson. Not iv meds, but subQ and im, yes.
Finding a vein only takes a little instruction and then some practice above and beyond what any injection takes. It’s just a more precise version.
Mind you, finding veins on someone the first few times is not always easy. But, once you’ve found veins on a given person a handful of times, it gets easier. When it’s your own, familiarity builds up quick enough that you’ll master it as quick or quicker than tying off preparing the dose.
It is true, as others have said, that not every junkie actually develops the skills. Mind you, I kinda suck at actually finding veins, and at getting a needle/iv in. Never had much practice back when I was working because I wasn’t supposed to be doing them at all.
I’ve seen kids learn to draw and administer medications in one lesson. Not iv meds, but subQ and im, yes.
Finding a vein only takes a little instruction and then some practice above and beyond what any injection takes. It’s just a more precise version.
Mind you, finding veins on someone the first few times is not always easy. But, once you’ve found veins on a given person a handful of times, it gets easier. When it’s your own, familiarity builds up quick enough that you’ll master it as quick or quicker than tying off preparing the dose.
It is true, as others have said, that not every junkie actually develops the skills. Mind you, I kinda suck at actually finding veins, and at getting a needle/iv in. Never had much practice back when I was working because I wasn’t supposed to be doing them at all.