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had a nice little trip to hospital last night.

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Estellaa

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Got this sickness bug from my lil brother, got home from work at 7 and just threw up none stop :(
my sugar levels went low and i couldn't keep anything down, so off to hospital it was!
they didn't do much, just gave me an anti sickness injection so i could keep stuff down. pretty c**p tbh made us wait around for hours! mum was well furious!
oh well, im feeling alot better today 🙂
 
Ooh, nasty! :( Glad to hear you are feeling much better now, not a very nice present from your little brother! 😱
 
Glad to hear you're feeling better now, Estellaa. 🙂

Unfortunately, Saturday nights at A&E are full of people being sick, more usually due to alcohol than illness. So, that's why waits can be long. But if you're not keeping anything down, then an anti-sickness injection is the best approach. Assuming the same medical conditions, children (under 16 years) will always be seen as priorities before adults.

As self first aid for sickness, always best to try sips (NOT gulps) of drink - whatever you feel you can tolerate, which might be a specific temperature of water / juice (perhaps diluted slightly) / Lucozade etc. Sometimes that can sort things without needing to go to A&E, but always best to go there if sips don't work.
 
Glad to hear you're feeling better.
This happend to Carol too. We got to the hospital at around 11 am and they eventually injected her with the anti sickness at 5pm. By the time we got to the hospital, she wasn't hypo anymore.
After the injection the nurse asked if she wanted some food-yes please. She had some toast and I injected for that. 10 min later the nurse asked if she wanted more!!!!!!😱
 
Sickness bugs are the worse , glad youre feeling a little better.
 
Hi Estellaa,

Pleased you're feeling better today and hope you're back to fighting fit soon, gentle hug being sent!
 
well i've just managed to eat some noodles lol, being drinking ribena all day! i really think that anti sickness jab worked, would love to have a stock of that in my cupboard lol.
 
Estellaa said:
i really think that anti sickness jab worked, would love to have a stock of that in my cupboard lol.
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Me too!!!! I have Carol off feeling sick (not being sick), but she won't entertain any food or drink. She had a little bit of blackcurrant squash. Luckily D is behaving though (am wondering if she's putting it on)
 
Estellaa said:
well i've just managed to eat some noodles lol, being drinking ribena all day! i really think that anti sickness jab worked, would love to have a stock of that in my cupboard lol.
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Glad to see you are feeling better. 🙂
Lucky me does have some of the anti sickness meds to be injected. The needle size leaves a lot to be desired though 😱
 
Needles for intramuscular injections (such as anti emetics / anti sickness eg metoclopramide, immunisations etc) have to be longer to reach through sub cutaneous fat layer, and thicker so that larger volume isn't injected with too much pressure.
 
Copepod said:
Needles for intramuscular injections (such as anti emetics / anti sickness eg metoclopramide, immunisations etc) have to be longer to reach through sub cutaneous fat layer, and thicker so that larger volume isn't injected with too much pressure.
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I have just checked the vial and there's 1ml of stemitil in it. In all honesty the needles are not that large though they just look it compared to insulin needles. The syringe is only 5ml as well.
 
i just remember it being the same length as the flu jab one and at that point i really didn't care! haha.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
I have just checked the vial and there's 1ml of stemitil in it. In all honesty the needles are not that large though they just look it compared to insulin needles. The syringe is only 5ml as well.
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How come you have some?
 
Sue only - Stemetil is a trade name for prochlorperazine.

Sue / Estella - 1ml isn't a huge volume, but considering there are 100 units of insulin in 1ml, and it's very rare to inject that much in one go, the relative difference in volume is significant. If injecting just 1ml of Stemetil, it would be far more appropriate (and easier) to use a 1ml or 2ml syringe than a 5ml. A blue (25mm long, 23 gauge) needle is usually appropriate for IM injections for adult humans, but sometimes a green (38mm long, 21 gauge) is needed. Immunisations (except sub cutaneous administration of rabies immunisation) are given intra muscularly.

Useful article for further information here: http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/1952004.article

Humans are definitely the easiest species I have injected, compared to cattle, sheep, cats and starfish! 🙂
 
Hi Monica,
I have Addison's disease and if I vomit more than twice it becomes life threatening, so this injection is administered as are IM steroids whilst waiting for blue light trip to the nearest hospital. (35 miles) 🙂
 
Copepod said:
Sue only - Stemetil is a trade name for prochlorperazine.

Sue / Estella - 1ml isn't a huge volume, but considering there are 100 units of insulin in 1ml, and it's very rare to inject that much in one go, the relative difference in volume is significant. If injecting just 1ml of Stemetil, it would be far more appropriate (and easier) to use a 1ml or 2ml syringe than a 5ml. A blue (25mm long, 23 gauge) needle is usually appropriate for IM injections for adult humans, but sometimes a green (38mm long, 21 gauge) is needed. Immunisations (except sub cutaneous administration of rabies immunisation) are given intra muscularly.

Useful article for further information here: http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/1952004.article

Humans are definitely the easiest species I have injected, compared to cattle, sheep, cats and starfish! 🙂
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I did have the green needles but far to large and painful, now have the orange flavour 🙂
Out of your list cattle are def the easiest as can be confined in a crush.
My 1st dog was a dream to inject though when he developed diabetes. He used to sit and wait for his jab before his meal.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
I did have the green needles but far to large and painful, now have the orange flavour 🙂
Out of your list cattle are def the easiest as can be confined in a crush.
My 1st dog was a dream to inject though when he developed diabetes. He used to sit and wait for his jab before his meal.
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Hope your fat layer is very thin, then, as orange needles are really for sub cutaneous injections - as explained in the link I gave earlier.

Agree that it's easier to inject an animal in a crush - wouldn't even try to inject a cow that wasn't!
 
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