An injection with a syringe into the buttock( intramuscular injection) is the most convenient and safe way of parenteral administration of the drug solution.
Gluteus muscle is a massive layer of tissue in which a drug depot is created, and abundant blood filling allows the drug to spread rapidly throughout the body.
The anatomical feature of this area is the minimal amount of nerve endings, which contributes to the painless penetration of the solution into the tissue.
Contents
- 1 Preparing for injection
- 2 How to properly inject a pin in the buttock?
- 3 How do I inject myself into the buttock?
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Before taking an intramuscular injection, you should disinfect your hands( or medical gloves)and treat the injection site.
For these purposes, antiseptic agents are used: ethyl alcohol, manorm or alcohol wipes. At home, the use of vodka or cologne is allowed.
On a clean surface, put a disposable syringe with a needle in the package, an ampoule with medicine, a nail file, cotton wool or alcohol wipes.
Intramuscular injections use 5 ml syringes, small children - 2 ml. Adults should be administered as deep as possible in order not to cause severe soreness and inflammation after administration.
How to properly inject into the buttock?
The main condition of manipulation is observance of aseptic rules and choice of injection site. To correctly inject an injection into the buttock, you must follow the sequence of the following actions:
- The syringe must be removed from the package and securely fixed to the needle so that when the medicine is administered it does not come off. If the medicine leaks, the necessary dose of the drug will not enter the body.
- Check the name of the drug on the ampoule, the concentration of the solution. Open the ampoule.
- Collect the required amount of the drug in the syringe, the needle should not touch the walls. Pull the syringe up and let out air bubbles.
- It is better for the patient to take a reclining position to achieve maximum relaxation of the gluteus muscle.
- Place for injection wipe with antiseptic.
- At a 90-degree angle, make a puncture in the central part of the upper-outer quadrant.
- Slowly, smoothly injected solution.
- After removing the syringe, you need to wipe the injection site with cotton wool with an antiseptic or an alcoholic napkin.
The next drug is injected into the other buttock, or retreating 1-2 cm from the previous injection site.
How to open the ampoule properly?
You can open the ampoule in two ways.
- First, with the help of a nail file - it is necessary to saw the upper, narrow part of the ampoule and break it.
- The second - for ampoules with a break point( it is applied to the ampoule by the manufacturer) - you only need to break the upper part of the ampoule with your hands, and the point should be turned towards the person performing the manipulation.
How to make an injection in the buttock to yourself?
Injection is a manipulation that should be performed by a medical professional, but there are situations when there is no opportunity to visit an outpatient clinic or to invite a nurse to the house.
In this case, the drug can be administered intramuscularly independently, but it is first necessary to read the rules to understand how to inject into the buttock to yourself.
- Wash hands, type the contents of the ampoule into a sterile syringe so that the air does not get inside. If this happens, then shake the contents and squeeze the bubbles from the syringe, lifting it up.
- Treat the injection site with an antiseptic.
- In the standing or lying position on one side, make an injection at the correct point, the skin fold can be held with a free hand.
- Squeeze out the contents and pull out the needle.
- Place the injection site with cotton wool soaked in alcohol or an alcoholic napkin.
Selecting an injection site for
There are several areas on the body that are suitable for the procedure:
- An injection in the deltoid muscle of the shoulder;
- Prick in the front of the thigh;
- Injection into the region of the upper-outer quadrant of the buttock.
Injections into the shoulder alone perform uncomfortably and painfully. In the muscles of the thigh you can do, but this is a very sensitive place where large nerve pass. Therefore, complications and severe soreness are possible.
Selecting an injection site
The buttock is the safest place of injection. You can choose a place in the following way: visually divide the gluteal region into four equal parts.
Select the top, outer region. Put a point in the center - the place of injection.
Possible unpleasant situations when you inject yourself
Self-injection, this is a compulsory measure, therefore it's not only inconvenient but also scary to make a prick yourself, and the following errors are possible:
- Insufficient field for injection;
- Insertion of the needle is not at full length;
- It is difficult to exclude entry into the vessel;
- Needle failure due to muscle tension.
Often the patient can not overcome the psychological barrier, which is caused by self-infliction of pain.
Video - Injection into the butt
Complications after intramuscular injection
Conducting medical manipulations, even such simple ones as intramuscular injections, requires compliance with certain rules.
Otherwise, the following complications are possible:
- Receipt of a drug intended for intramuscular injection only, into the blood. To prevent this it is possible, if to check the hit of the needle in the vessel: pull the piston towards yourself, if the blood is in the syringe, then you need to slightly pull the needle toward yourself.
- Painful seals( infiltrates) - are formed with multiple injections at one point or after poor handling of the injection site or hands. Especially often this complication occurs after the injection of oily solutions, magnesium sulphate.
- Abscess-infected infiltrate can pass into an abscess: a painful, hyperemic site. Treatment is surgical.
- Allergic reactions. The occurrence of allergic reactions requires a categorical withdrawal of the drug. Before the first administration of antibiotics, it is necessary to perform an intradermal allergic test.
After correct manipulation, no complications occur. Therefore, intramuscular injections can be performed independently at home, if you carefully read the rules of administration.
Before taking an intramuscular injection, you should disinfect your hands( or medical gloves)and treat the injection site.
For these purposes, antiseptic agents are used: ethyl alcohol, manorm or alcohol wipes. At home, the use of vodka or cologne is allowed.
On a clean surface, put a disposable syringe with a needle in the package, an ampoule with medicine, a nail file, cotton wool or alcohol wipes.
Intramuscular injections use 5 ml syringes, small children - 2 ml. Adults should be administered as deep as possible in order not to cause severe soreness and inflammation after administration.
How to properly inject into the buttock?
The main condition of manipulation is observance of aseptic rules and choice of injection site. To correctly inject an injection into the buttock, you must follow the sequence of the following actions:
- The syringe must be removed from the package and securely fixed to the needle so that when the medicine is administered it does not come off. If the medicine leaks, the necessary dose of the drug will not enter the body.
- Check the name of the drug on the ampoule, the concentration of the solution. Open the ampoule.
- Collect the required amount of the drug in the syringe, the needle should not touch the walls. Pull the syringe up and let out air bubbles.
- It is better for the patient to take a reclining position to achieve maximum relaxation of the gluteus muscle.
- Place for injection wipe with antiseptic.
- At a 90-degree angle, make a puncture in the central part of the upper-outer quadrant.
- Slowly, smoothly injected solution.
- After removing the syringe, you need to wipe the injection site with cotton wool with an antiseptic or an alcoholic napkin.
The next drug is injected into the other buttock, or retreating 1-2 cm from the previous injection site.
How to open the ampoule properly?
You can open the ampoule in two ways.
- First, with the help of a nail file - it is necessary to saw the upper, narrow part of the ampoule and break it.
- The second - for ampoules with a break point( it is applied to the ampoule by the manufacturer) - you only need to break the upper part of the ampoule with your hands, and the point should be turned towards the person performing the manipulation.
How to make an injection in the buttock to yourself?
Injection is a manipulation that should be performed by a medical professional, but there are situations when there is no opportunity to visit an outpatient clinic or to invite a nurse to the house.
In this case, the drug can be administered intramuscularly independently, but it is first necessary to read the rules to understand how to inject into the buttock to yourself.
- Wash hands, type the contents of the ampoule into a sterile syringe so that the air does not get inside. If this happens, then shake the contents and squeeze the bubbles from the syringe, lifting it up.
- Treat the injection site with an antiseptic.
- In the standing or lying position on one side, make an injection at the correct point, the skin fold can be held with a free hand.
- Squeeze out the contents and pull out the needle.
- Place the injection site with cotton wool soaked in alcohol or an alcoholic napkin.
Selecting an injection site for
There are several areas on the body that are suitable for the procedure:
- An injection in the deltoid muscle of the shoulder;
- Prick in the front of the thigh;
- Injection into the region of the upper-outer quadrant of the buttock.
Injections into the shoulder alone perform uncomfortably and painfully. In the muscles of the thigh you can do, but this is a very sensitive place where large nerve pass. Therefore, complications and severe soreness are possible.
Selecting an injection site
The buttock is the safest place of injection. You can choose a place in the following way: visually divide the gluteal region into four equal parts.
Select the top, outer region. Put a point in the center - the place of injection.
Possible unpleasant situations when you inject yourself
Self-injection, this is a compulsory measure, therefore it's not only inconvenient but also scary to make a prick yourself, and the following errors are possible:
- Insufficient field for injection;
- Insertion of the needle is not at full length;
- It is difficult to exclude entry into the vessel;
- Needle failure due to muscle tension.
Often the patient can not overcome the psychological barrier, which is caused by self-infliction of pain.
Video - Injection into the butt
Complications after intramuscular injection
Conducting medical manipulations, even such simple ones as intramuscular injections, requires compliance with certain rules.
Otherwise, the following complications are possible:
- Receipt of a drug intended for intramuscular injection only, into the blood. To prevent this it is possible, if to check the hit of the needle in the vessel: pull the piston towards yourself, if the blood is in the syringe, then you need to slightly pull the needle toward yourself.
- Painful seals( infiltrates) - are formed with multiple injections at one point or after poor handling of the injection site or hands. Especially often this complication occurs after the injection of oily solutions, magnesium sulphate.
- Abscess-infected infiltrate can pass into an abscess: a painful, hyperemic site. Treatment is surgical.
- Allergic reactions. The occurrence of allergic reactions requires a categorical withdrawal of the drug. Before the first administration of antibiotics, it is necessary to perform an intradermal allergic test.
After correct manipulation, no complications occur. Therefore, intramuscular injections can be performed independently at home, if you carefully read the rules of administration.
