AlwaysShocked
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A couple of points:
Re: Injecting testosterone
I've had to administer testosterone. Some patients are prescribed it in a multidose vial. Then, at each injection, the rather thick, viscuous liquid is drawn up into a disposalble syringe in the dose ordered.
Injection is intra-muscular (IM) into a large muscle - NOT the deltoid in the arm because that is not a large muscle. I would inject into the gluteous maximus (the butt) but could have injected into the vastus lateralis (thigh muscle), both of which are large muscles.
IM injections require a longer needle than those used for, say, insulin injections. For gluteous max a 1 1/2" minimum - or longer depending on size of patient. In order to get the liquid into MUSCLE as opposed to subcutaneous fat.
In addition, for injecting testosterone, a larger BORE needle is required due to the thickness of the medication. I would always use an 18 guage needle for this.
Re: Henkel duct tape
It was my understanding this is a "specialty" duct tape. Not the kind you purchase at your local Target or Walmart.
Some of the specialty tapes, which cost a LOT more than normal duct tape, are used by heating and air conditioning companies for connecting ductwork.
I remember reading speculation on one of the older threads that perhaps George swiped a roll of it off a jobsite. Or, who knows, perhaps he purchased it for a specialty use. Most folks, unless they are in a business that they use it regularly, are not going to have multiple rolls of a specialty tape laying around. So maybe there was only the one roll and it did get used up what with the hanging of all those posters.
But - it WAS on Caylee and it WAS on George's famous round metal gas can.
Here is a link to the Henkel company. They do indeed make many, many kinds of duct tape. Click onto "Specialty tape" section. Must have been one of these. I only saw one type that has the name of the manufacturer all over the smooth side of the tape.
http://www.duckbrand.com/Products/duck-tape.aspx
Re: Injecting testosterone
I've had to administer testosterone. Some patients are prescribed it in a multidose vial. Then, at each injection, the rather thick, viscuous liquid is drawn up into a disposalble syringe in the dose ordered.
Injection is intra-muscular (IM) into a large muscle - NOT the deltoid in the arm because that is not a large muscle. I would inject into the gluteous maximus (the butt) but could have injected into the vastus lateralis (thigh muscle), both of which are large muscles.
IM injections require a longer needle than those used for, say, insulin injections. For gluteous max a 1 1/2" minimum - or longer depending on size of patient. In order to get the liquid into MUSCLE as opposed to subcutaneous fat.
In addition, for injecting testosterone, a larger BORE needle is required due to the thickness of the medication. I would always use an 18 guage needle for this.
Re: Henkel duct tape
It was my understanding this is a "specialty" duct tape. Not the kind you purchase at your local Target or Walmart.
Some of the specialty tapes, which cost a LOT more than normal duct tape, are used by heating and air conditioning companies for connecting ductwork.
I remember reading speculation on one of the older threads that perhaps George swiped a roll of it off a jobsite. Or, who knows, perhaps he purchased it for a specialty use. Most folks, unless they are in a business that they use it regularly, are not going to have multiple rolls of a specialty tape laying around. So maybe there was only the one roll and it did get used up what with the hanging of all those posters.
But - it WAS on Caylee and it WAS on George's famous round metal gas can.
Here is a link to the Henkel company. They do indeed make many, many kinds of duct tape. Click onto "Specialty tape" section. Must have been one of these. I only saw one type that has the name of the manufacturer all over the smooth side of the tape.
http://www.duckbrand.com/Products/duck-tape.aspx