Currently instructing phlebotomy, injections, anatomy and physiology, dosage calculations and front office skills the Medical Assisting Program. Want to learn more about maintaining or achieving health, teaching others about health and working in a career that uses this knowledge?
We educate and prepare you to work in the fast growing professional field of Medical Assisting. Skip to content Many of you may go in to the doctor for a vaccination or birth control shot, or may even be giving yourself medications such as insulin, and not know the correct technique.
These are guidelines according to the Centers For Disease Control: Subcutaneous injections These are for medications like insulin, growth hormones, heparin, and others. Site for infant less than 1 year old, give in the thigh for 1 year and older, give in the upper outer triceps of the arm may also give in the abdomen, 2 inches or more away from the umbilicus Picture courtesy of www2a. Programs Accounting Assistant.
Dental Assistant. Early Childhood Education. Health Care Administration. Medical Assistant. Medical Billing and Coding. Paralegal Studies. To find the deltoid muscle, a person feels for the bone at the top of the upper arm. Two finger-widths below this, there is a triangular muscle.
Healthcare professionals often give intramuscular injections into the ventrogluteal muscle of the hip. This muscle is a very safe injection site for adults and infants more than 7 months old because it is thick and located away from major nerves and blood vessels. But it can be challenging to self-administer medication into the hip. To locate the ventrogluteal muscle on someone else, place the heel of the hand on the hip, with the fingers pointing toward the head.
The thumb should point toward the groin. Typically, people who need to self-administer injections use the vastus lateralis muscle in the thigh. Before doctors began using the hip as an injection site, they used the dorsogluteal muscles in the buttocks. They tend to avoid using these muscles now because of the potential risk of injury to the sciatic nerve. A healthcare professional should provide people with training and education before asking them to administer intramuscular injections to themselves or another person.
Wash the hands thoroughly with soap and warm water. Pay careful attention to the area between the fingers and under the fingernails. A doctor should provide advice on the type of needle to use. It needs to be long enough to reach deep into the muscle tissue.
It is essential to ask a doctor or pharmacist which size needle to use before giving an injection. Locate the injection site according to the instructions above. Gently spread the skin between two fingers and keep the muscles relaxed. Clean the skin with the alcohol swab and allow to air-dry. If using a multidose vial, note the date you first opened it. Clean the rubber stopper with an alcohol swab. Remove the cap from the syringe. Draw air into the syringe by pulling back the plunger.
Fill the syringe with air up to the same level as the medication dose. Remove the cap from the needle and push it through the top of the vial. Bleed a little bit. I hate giving im's anyway so this threw me for a loop. The pt. Said it didn't burn or anything, he was fine. Glad to see that this is normal and that I didn't do anything wrong. I asked a fellow nurse who said it was ok too, but was still wondering a little.
Nov 7, I use testosterone IM for gender dysphoria and experienced bleeding when I withdrew the needle despite aspirating with no issues. Was wondering why since I'm not much of a drinker or on anticoagulants. Sign In Register Now! Search Search. Specialties Med-Surg. Why do some pt's bleed at IM injection site? Posted May 24,
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