Tips for Skill 42

This skill will require you to administer intramuscular and intravenous injections and perform jugular venipuncture on horses. Upon completion of this skill, you will be able to gather the appropriate supplies, prepare the injection site for venipuncture and collect samples or inject the prescribed injection. You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of common side effects of various IV injections and describing them to your clinical supervisor.

Tips for materials that need to be submitted:

• Video of student performing jugular venipuncture on a horse

  • You only need one video of you successfully collecting blood from a horse

  • Make sure you include all the steps on the skill sheet

  • You need to be successful at collecting the blood sample, we need to see it in the video

  • Make sure you use an appropriately sized needle and syringe

• Video of a student administering an intramuscular injection on a horse

  • You can inject sterile saline it does not need to be an actual drug

• Video of a student administering an intravenous injection to a horse

  • You can inject sterile saline it does not need to be an actual drug

  • Make sure you aspirate before you inject to ensure you are in the vein