![Drip](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/kalk_drip.jpeg?w=193)
IV Drip. The solution (fluid) travels from the bag through the tube to the patient’s body. A needle is inserted (put) into a vein with a needle.
![The needle (IV cannula)](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url16.jpeg?w=300)
Injection. Another way of getting some solution into a patient’s body: by injection.
![syringe](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url3.gif?w=300)
The barrel of a syringe usually has measurements or calibrations on it.
![Calibrations](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url22.jpeg?w=300)
You use a syringe to give an injection. You have to be careful to read the calibrations and think about the time it takes you to administer (give) the injection.
![injection](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url17.jpeg?w=300)
You don’t always give injections with syringes. You can also take blood from a patient.
![blood sample](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url18.jpeg)
Stitches. Needles are also used to put in stitches (sutures).
![stitches](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url4.gif?w=197)
A healthcare professional takes out (removes) stitches when the wound has healed. Normally this is after about ten to fourteen days. She uses tweezers to pull the stitch up a little then she cuts the stitch. Then the stitch can be pulled out safely.
![taking out stitches](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url19.jpeg?w=300)
![Scissors and tweezers.](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url20.jpeg?w=273)
![url](http://veryserioso.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/url21.jpeg?w=300)