[blparent] BlParent Digest, Vol 166, Issue 5

Wed Mar 14 14:47:57 UTC 2018

Great advice. Syringes also come in 1 ML and 3 ML sizes for smaller doses of medicine. If you only need a portion of the full syringe, have someone put a notch on the plunger of the syringe at the place where you need to stop pulling the plunger in order to have the correct doseage. Then you can either pull the plunger until you feel the notch, or fill the syringe completely and then push the plunger down slowly until you feel the notch.
As for giving correct medication... If you are a braille reader, putting a braille label on medications would be a great idea. You might also be able to get some type of talking medication bottle or a Scrip Talk Station so you can identify the medications auditorially. Or, you can purchase a Pen Friend which is a small device that comes with bar codes that you can use to record a message--such as what a medication is, who it belongs to, and what the doseage is.
I actually worked in a place for a short time where I had to dispense medication. It was a different situation because the people I was working with were not developmentally disabled, but I still had to make sure I was giving the correct medication to the correct person. I used braille to mark the bottles.
Good luck.
Melissa

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Good Morning!!

I’m most delighted to answer this question for you.  

My name is Bernadette Jacobs and I’m from the Baltimore Maryland Area.  I am a totally blind mother with two adopted special needs children.  David, age 17 from China.  Virginia, age 15 from Thailand.

When we brought these children back to the United States, they were each five years old.  Both children were extremely malnourished.  David, however, was in the worst shape of both of them, only weighiing 18 pounds.  David was actually very near death when we brought him back.  We nursed him back to health, however.  

Now, getting to the answer to your question.  We went to a pharmacy and asked for syringes.  Syringes do come without the needles.  Those are different.  The ones you will need are plastic syringes.  They come in the following measurement increments:

One Teaspoon, 5ML

Two Teaspoons, 10ML

Four Teaspoons, 20ML

If you need three teaspoons of anything just do a 10ML plus a 5ML syringe and you’ve got it.

Now, as for the technique, most of these syringes will fit into the necks of bottles and you can draw the medicine up into the syringe just by pulling up the little plunger at the top of the syringe.  Most new syringes, now actually come with a plug that will also fit into the neck of the medicine bottle and then you can turn the bottloe upside down and pull the plunger until it stops.  You won’t need to yankl it.  As a matter of fact, the best thing is to pull it slowly so that you are actually drawing the medicine into the syringe.  Works real slick!  If you have any further question of me, give a shout on here and I’ll shout back.

Have a great day!!

Warmly,

Bernadette Jacobs

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> Hello all, For a course in my developmental service worker program, we 
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> if you have to give it to a child or adult who isn't yours? I'm 
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