What are the four intramuscular injections?

What are the four intramuscular injections?

Intramuscular injections are often given in the following areas:

• Deltoid muscle of the arm. The deltoid muscle is the site most typically used for vaccines.
• Vastus lateralis muscle of the thigh.
• Ventrogluteal muscle of the hip.
• Dorsogluteal muscles of the buttocks.

In which 4 locations of the skin are injections given?

Intramuscular injection sites

• Deltoid muscle of the arm. The deltoid muscle is the site most typically used for vaccines.
• Vastus lateralis muscle of the thigh.
• Ventrogluteal muscle of the hip.
• Dorsogluteal muscles of the buttocks.

What are the 4 types of injections?

The four most frequently used types of injection are:

• Intravenous (IV) injections. An IV injection is the fastest way to inject a medication and involves using a syringe to inject a medication directly into a vein.
• Intramuscular (IM) injections.
• Subcutaneous (SC) injections.
• Intradermal (ID) injections.

What are the 5 injection sites?

IM injections are administered in five potential sites: deltoid (commonly used for adult vaccinations), dorsogluteal, ventrogluteal, rectus femoris, and vastus lateralis3,10,11 (Figure 1).

What are intramuscular injections?

Vaccines given IM (intramuscular) route: DTaP, DT, Hib, hepA, hepB, HPV, IIV, MCV, PCV, rabies, Td, Tdap and RZV (Shingrix). Administer IPV and PPSV vaccines either via IM or SQ (subcutaneous) route.

What angle is given intramuscular injections?

Overwhelmingly the evidence supports a 90 degree angle of needle insertion for intramuscular injection as being that most effective in terms of patient comfort, safety and efficacy of vaccine.

What happens if IV injection is given IM?

Intravenous and intramuscular injections may cause damage to a nerve, leading to palsy or paralysis. Intramuscular injections may cause fibrosis or contracture. Injections also cause localized bleeding, which may lead to a hematoma.

What type of injections are given intramuscular?

Drugs may be given intramuscularly both for prophylactic as well as curative purposes, and the most common medications include[2]:

• Antibiotics- penicillin G benzathine penicillin, streptomycin.
• Biologicals- immunoglobins, vaccines, and toxoids.
• Hormonal agents- testosterone, medroxyprogesterone.

What are the 4 routes of medication administration?

Routes of administration

• Oral.
• Sublingual.
• Rectal.
• Topical.
• Parenteral – Intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous.

At what angle do you give an IM injection?

Insert the needle into the muscle: Hold the syringe barrel tightly and use your wrist to inject the needle through the skin and into the muscle at a 90 degree angle.

What is the best way to give an intramuscular injection?

Giving an IM injection into the deltoid site

1. Find the knobbly top of the arm (acromion process)
2. The top border of an inverted triangle is two finger widths down from the acromion process.
3. Stretch the skin and then bunch up the muscle.
4. Insert the needle at a right angle to the skin in the centre of the inverted triangle.