Shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots!

Can you give a shot?!

I feel like I went into this project with a little bit of a head start.  I already know how to administer some shots, treat wounds, apply ointments, and diagnose an injury.  This definitely made me feel more comfortable in shadowing my horses vet.  Although, today I learned how to administer a new shot, Penicillin.  It is usually used to treat bacterial infections.  It is a very thick serum and is not administered like a normal shot.  A horse had cut her leg and gotten a bad infection and it was all swollen.  Erika had to give her 30 cc's of Penicillin.  It was injected into the butt, but because it was thick you had to inject it in three different directions so it would not clump all together.  If injected in one large lump, the body could not absorb it and it would stay there. That was very interetsing to me.  Normally shots are given in the horses neck.  There is a "V" in the muscles and it is administered in the middle of that V.  You always must be careful not to hit a vein or artery.  You always pull back to make sure you are not in a vein before you push the shot in.