Vaccination via 'guns'
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Cargo Master
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Vaccination via 'guns'
In the 60s, when I was in the service, we got our shots via 'guns'. Instead of needles, they would fire the stuff straight through your skin. IIRC, you often got several shots at once.
Rumor was that you didn't want to move while they were doing it. I don't know, it always seemed to work pretty well. At any rate, from all I can tell, they stopped using this technique.
I have read a little bit about similar techniques being developed today. Makes me wonder if there was a big problem with the older system that I never heard about.
Anybody familiar with this system?
Rumor was that you didn't want to move while they were doing it. I don't know, it always seemed to work pretty well. At any rate, from all I can tell, they stopped using this technique.
I have read a little bit about similar techniques being developed today. Makes me wonder if there was a big problem with the older system that I never heard about.
Anybody familiar with this system?
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I remember getting vaccinations in grade school and they used the gun. We thought it was pretty cool at the time and it didn't seem to traumatize kids as much as the needle. I have no idea what they use now, as my son got all of his shots from the doctor.
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I remember 'the gun'!
I don't remember ever getting a shot with one, though.
The rumor (back then) was that if you moved while getting the 'shot', the air pressure would tear the skin.
????????????? True ?????????????
I don't have a clue.
Ah. . . the good 'ole days.
I don't remember ever getting a shot with one, though.
The rumor (back then) was that if you moved while getting the 'shot', the air pressure would tear the skin.
????????????? True ?????????????
I don't have a clue.
Ah. . . the good 'ole days.
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As a simple W.A.G., I suspect that they may still be used for "mass" inoculations, but we just don't see those inoculations in our schools anymore due to the eradication of the diseases for which us old timers were vaccinated.
I'd be willing to bet that the devices are still used in humanitarian efforts in 3rd world countries where dozens or hundreds of people line up for vaccinations.
But it wouldn't make sense in a doctor's office since they may only be vaccinating one or two kids per week.
Maybe someone employed in the medical profession can chime in?
I'd be willing to bet that the devices are still used in humanitarian efforts in 3rd world countries where dozens or hundreds of people line up for vaccinations.
But it wouldn't make sense in a doctor's office since they may only be vaccinating one or two kids per week.
Maybe someone employed in the medical profession can chime in?
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I remember the damned air guns.....HATED the things! Felt like someone giving you a hard pinch when they did it. Used 'em a lot when I was in the military.
For one reason or another, doctors are going away from them. Just got my tetanus booster a few months ago, and I was demanding the needle.....But the nurse told me that they don't use the air guns anymore anyway......I didn't ask to elaborate.
I don't know what the beef is with needles. The damned things are tiny....and painless (except for a faint sting)......Some folks just don't like the looks of the hypodermic I guess......
Hell...Getting blood drawn doesn't bother me.....So long as I've got a nurse who aims good and doesn't miss the vein........
For one reason or another, doctors are going away from them. Just got my tetanus booster a few months ago, and I was demanding the needle.....But the nurse told me that they don't use the air guns anymore anyway......I didn't ask to elaborate.
I don't know what the beef is with needles. The damned things are tiny....and painless (except for a faint sting)......Some folks just don't like the looks of the hypodermic I guess......
Hell...Getting blood drawn doesn't bother me.....So long as I've got a nurse who aims good and doesn't miss the vein........
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I got shot eith the guns in boot camp. Most of the time it was relatively painless. One time, though, I must have flinched because my entire upper arm bruised up really bad, and the spot where I got shot was swollen.
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Still around, must be a cost thing vs. needles that pervents them from being the "standard" way of doing things.
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Multiple other links in both of those. Note as a side comment in the top link they talk about accidental "jet injections" from things like pressure washers, paint and grease guns, anything with high pressure. Amputation and/or death to follow, so watch out with high pressure anything!
Jet injector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vaccinations Without the ***** : IMT Industry Market Trends
Multiple other links in both of those. Note as a side comment in the top link they talk about accidental "jet injections" from things like pressure washers, paint and grease guns, anything with high pressure. Amputation and/or death to follow, so watch out with high pressure anything!
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I got "gunned" three times in the military: boot camp, just before Grenada and just prior to Jungle Expert Training in Fort Sherman, Panama. Did NOT like them better than needles. One guy a few spots in front of me flinched and got a small cut that bled a little bit, but nothing severe. I just remember how sore my arms were after the "grenada" shots---3 in one arm, 4 in the other. Couldn't hardly move my arms the next day.
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Remember them well at P.I.,I actaully prefered them to the needles.
The cattle herding is fairly accurate and alot faster than a bunch of needles.(we had to "mooo" as we went through the line)
The guns didn't bother me at all,but the penicillin shot in the azz really sucked.
The cattle herding is fairly accurate and alot faster than a bunch of needles.(we had to "mooo" as we went through the line)
The guns didn't bother me at all,but the penicillin shot in the azz really sucked.
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I would like to plead the 5th.(or is it plead for a 5th?)
ANYWAY !..I was referring to the mandatory one THAT EVERY ONE GOT!
(because, you know,...us Marines had to serve with the sailors)
Just sayin..
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I got "gunned" three times in the military: boot camp, just before Grenada and just prior to Jungle Expert Training in Fort Sherman, Panama. Did NOT like them better than needles. One guy a few spots in front of me flinched and got a small cut that bled a little bit, but nothing severe. I just remember how sore my arms were after the "grenada" shots---3 in one arm, 4 in the other. Couldn't hardly move my arms the next day.