https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/31795/hints-for-successful-jugular-blood-sampling Hi, Just wondered if anyone has any useful hints on how to obtain a jugular blood sample, mainly on dogs? I am fairly newly qualified and feel it is a skill I used to be competent in and now very hit and miss. This is really getting my confidenceen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/175348?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:15:41 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:783a1fb8-1f54-4dce-88ec-8dfd70f3b282Selena Carnell<p>vein is usually from the curve of the jaw down. just where their line changes. I raise and lower a couple of times so i can see the vein. also make sure the head isn&#39;t raised too high or at a funny angle.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/175338?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 05 Oct 2019 01:59:25 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:948a11ce-632d-4c49-8169-69546e4eaa9cJames Colver Cert. Ed, RVN<p>Top tip 1 - when you raise the vein, give it a bit of time after you start pushing your thumb in - often the vein takes longer than you think it will before it raises.</p> <p>Top tip 2 - make sure you have a competent person holding, and that they don&#39;t think they are being helpful by twisting the patient - nice and straight is good!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/175332?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 03 Oct 2019 08:16:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:005cfa21-3801-4daf-b1b2-28e55f916e4esarahradley123<p>Thank you for your help!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/175331?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:38:57 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:aafb8a6a-4e98-40fb-9773-96db51d608d9Sal the 1st<p>when I first started doing jugulars I was very selective about which dogs i would do. nice thin dogs with no excess fat or extra skin, short hair. Don&#39;t start with bulldogs or fat, wrinkly little puggy necks (or maybe that should read no necks where the vessel is hiding under a layer of fat and skin so effectively you have not a chance of seeing or feeling it)&nbsp; Make it easy on yourself to start with and get your eye in. If you have all of these things sometimes if you look carefully you can see the vessel pulsing so you now have a very good idea of where it is. If you cant see it sometimes even without raising it you can feel it. To build a little confidence work with somebody supportive and even without carrying out a stick you can indicate exactly where you think it is and see if they agree. Build on it and eventually you will become one of the &#39;vene queens&#39; in the practice. Everybody has bad vein days - I know I do.</p> <p>It doesn&#39;t always have to be a jugular. It doesn&#39;t make you an awful nurse. If you have a dog the size of a small pony with a cephalic big enough to drive a bus up then use that instead.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/175330?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:36:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:aa91ca08-411d-4ea7-801f-c4e533aec32capache<p>Generally the right place is where the hair changes direction at the side of the neck.</p> <p>Clip, raise, swab, feel, stab.</p> <p>Insert needle in a bold stab - too slow and vein bounces away. Apply negative pressure and maintain negative pressure as you re-direct - you get a flash when in.</p> <p>If your hand is big enough you can pull plunger with little finger. Loosen plunger first so free moving.</p> <p>Sometimes raising then dropping and then re-raise will show vein. I find most by feel. Will stab blind, but not my preference.</p> <p>Person holding makes a lot of difference, some twist of the neck and head up but not too acute or too tight.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>