Generally when it does happen it's a rather icky other presence, though, so I purposely shrug it off as my imagination lest I give it cloven hoofs, a spiffy tail and my entrails on the end of a pitchfork. And the like.
Hi. MaxMatahari mentioned you might be able to help me :)
Know much about intravenous drips? In particular, when putting it in / taking it out gets stuffed up and a mess of things is made? I don't know anything about it and can't find info, and therefore am having a hell of a time trying to describe it in recent writings.
um- yes, I am a nurse so yea- I know a few things about iv's- however I don't quite get exactly what you are talking about. Details please- details! This "mess" you speak of can be soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many things- But I'll try!
Okay, the idea is that the main character is fading in and out of reality. He does not necessarily see what's happening around him, but for the most part hears it and displaces it onto his memories. At this specific time he's in a hospital bed and a trainee nurse is inserting the IV. He moves suddenly, in his half-concious state. Somehow something he or the nurse or both do results in the IV being stuffed up - the mess is IV fluid and blood, whichever, I don't know how it all works. Maybe I need to know how easy/difficult it is to pull an IV loose, etc. She was replacing the needle at the time.
That's all subject to change depending on what makes the most sense. All I need is something to verify a couple of lines of dialogue between the main nurse and the trainee to indicate something stuffed up and there's a mess been made.
You could say- as the needle was being inserted into (his/her) arm, they flinched in pain, moving their arm and the IV catheter was jammed into their vein and through it, subsequently blowing the vessel- blood everywhere, big mess, horribly painful, blah blah blah.... My, don't I sound compassionate???
The metal needle is sheathed in a plastic "needle" ( catheter)- so if the vessle blew, in your case a student inserting said IV then yes. wow- long story for a bit part???
Hi. MaxMatahari mentioned you might be able to help me :)
Know much about intravenous drips? In particular, when putting it in / taking it out gets stuffed up and a mess of things is made? I don't know anything about it and can't find info, and therefore am having a hell of a time trying to describe it in recent writings.
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That's all subject to change depending on what makes the most sense. All I need is something to verify a couple of lines of dialogue between the main nurse and the trainee to indicate something stuffed up and there's a mess been made.
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as the needle was being inserted into (his/her) arm, they flinched in pain, moving their arm and the IV catheter was jammed into their vein and through it, subsequently blowing the vessel- blood everywhere, big mess, horribly painful, blah blah blah....
My, don't I sound compassionate???
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So it is possible. To clean it up the needle needs to be taken out first, right?
If it's like that, what I've written so far fits, which is good :)
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wow- long story for a bit part???
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