# Aspiration, more information Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/aspiration-more-information Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/aspiration-more-information.md Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784) Published: 2026-07-20T03:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG9042677149.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG9042677149.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/aspiration-more-information Duration seconds: 1575 ## Resource However, if you have done this and a flash of blood appears in the needle hub, withdraw the needle and select a new site for injection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7qJfECIUAg Egro I checked The Australian Immunization Handbook and incredibly, this is item 5. under 'Intramuscular Injections' https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/vaccination-procedures/administration-of-vaccines It is not necessary to draw back on the syringe plunger before injecting a vaccine.14 However, if you have done this and a flash of blood appears in the needle hub, withdraw the needle and select a new site for injection. https://www.path.org/resources/giving-safe-injections-using-auto-disable-syringes-for-immunization/ https://path.azureedge.net/media/documents/SI_Giving_Safe_Injections_complete.pdf So the technique I was taught decades ago and which you have taught since has been quietly retired. I'll check the science behind this curious decision. Keep up the good work. Good question Mom This doesn’t explain why it’s mostly only happening to adolescent and young males. Matter of fact, that narrow demographic almost excludes your reasoning here unless you’re saying only males are getting accidental IV vaccines. US military https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2781601 23 male patients, (20 after 2nd dose) 2.8 million doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines administered. One in 121,739 US series https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782900 20 had vaccine-related myocarditis 37 had pericarditis = 57 2,000,277 individuals receiving at least one dose One in 35,092 https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/admin/administer-vaccines.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqSuCPnPeYE https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/general-recs/administration.html Aspiration before… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/aspiration-more-information/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/aspiration-more-information.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.