Injecting
What is the difference between a vein and an artery.
Bonus: What happens if you inject in an artery
Vein moves deoxygenated blood from body back to heart
Bonus: Discomfort, pain appears frothy, increase in bleeding
What is the difference between using brillo and screens for smoking?
Screen = less pieces to break off an inhale, less chemical on it, free with harm reduction supplies
Brillo = brittle, breaks off easily when heated and inhaled, cost money, not made for smoking
What are 2 ways of keeping your nose healthy if you are snorting drugs.
Rinse nose with water, alternate nostils for snorting
Name 3 techniques for finding a vein.
Bonus: Name 1 high risk and 1 low risk injection site
Tourniquet, warmth, pumping fist, push ups, staying hydrated
Bonus:
High risk= neck, inside wrist
low risk = inside of arm/elbow
What is the different between a bulb and straight pipe
Bulb: typically used for meth/side
Straight pipe: can be used for smoking crack, opioids & snorting
What are the dangers of mixing alcohol and other substances?
Might not know how they fully interact = increase harm
Consuming multiple depressants increase liklihood of overdose
What kind of infections can occur when you inject?
Bonus: What are signs and symptoms of an infection.
Heart infection, bone infection, skin infection, septicemia (cotton fever)
Bonus: swelling, redness, red line moving from injection site to heart, fever
Name two harms that come from sharing pipes.
Passing of infection/disease, inhaling unknown substance
How does alcohol effect your body and different weather/temperatures
Heat: Alcohol is a diuretic, increasing urine production, increasing dehydration. Alcohol can impair your bodies ability to sweat
Cold: alcohol causes vasodilation, causing blood vessels to be closer to the skin, this makes you feel warmer but it actually increases loss of heat. Alcohol also impairs your ability to shiver.