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blood in syringe during steroid injection
I am a nurse at a local hospital. I had given a patient a steroid injection in the thigh and I noticed there was blood in the syringe while I was pushing on the plunger. I did aspirate. I am worried that I hit a blood vessel. The patient did not complain of pain or any type of reaction even after 15 minutes of giving the injection. If there was something wrong, would he have had a reaction within minutes? Can any medical people help me out here? It would ease my mind. Thank you!
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Why aren't you asking this within your hospital? I know even a friend who was diabetic once in a while hit a vein accidently. What happened to her is later in day starting to have a diabetic episode where someone had to quickly go buy her an orange juice at work. The bad shot was AM, her reaction was at 430 pm after I'd left work and the new staff member had no idea she was diabetic. SHe could have collapsed in shock and was unable to speak well at that point. Glad it turned out well.
That said to say that accidents like that DO happen and I don't think it can be held against you.
What can get you in big trouble is not letting a superior know so someone else has knowledge of and can instruct you as to what to do or they keep an eye on the person for a while... depending on what the injection was. One might have a little reaction, another might kill if not treated the right way.
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