Intra Muscular Injection

Intra Muscular Injection

DESCRIPTION:

• Intra muscular injection is the injection of a substance directly into a muscle.
• In medicine, it is one of several alternative methods for the administration of medications.
• It is used for particular forms of medication that are administered in small amounts.
• Muscles have larger and more blood vessels than subcutaneous tissue and injections here usually have faster rates of absorption than subcutaneous injections or intra dermal injections.

SITES AND MUSCLES FOR INTRA MUSCULAR INJECTION:

SITES:

• Dorsogluteal
• Ventrogluteal
• Anterolateral aspects of thigh
• Upper arm

MUSCLES:

• Gluteus maximus
• Gluteus medius
• Vastus lateralis
• Deltoid

HOW TO GIVE INTRA MUSCULAR SHOT:

• Wash hands
• Wear clean gloves. (in case of need).
• draw the medication.
• Change the needle.
• Use an alcohol swab to clean the skin where you will give the shots.
• Hold the muscle firmly and insert the needle into the muscle at 90 degree angle with a quick firm motion.
• After you insert the needle completely, release your grasp of the muscle.
• Gentle pull back on the plunger of the syringe to check for blood. (if blood appears when you pull back on the plunger, withdraw the needle and syringe and gently press the alcohol swab  on the injection site. Start over with a fresh needle).
• If no blood appears, inject all of the solution by gently and steadily pushing down the plunger.
• Withdraw the needle and syringe and press an alcohol swab gently on the spot where the spot where the shot was given.