In what place is better to do injections at home

There are several types of injections: intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous, intradermal. The most common type of injection is intramuscular, they are used when small amounts of the drug are to be injected. To make a prick in a muscle, everyone can correctly. Intramuscularly, the drugs are administered mainly to those parts of the body in which the muscle tissue has the maximum thickness, and large vessels and neural trunks are not present nearby. Most often intramuscular injections are done in the buttock, arm (deltoid muscle) or the front surface of the thigh. The layman is safer and easier to do injections in the gluteus muscle - less likelihood of negative consequences (muscle mass in the hand may not be enough, and after the injection in the thigh can "pull" the leg).

How to do intramuscular injections First, we prepare everything necessary for the injection: the medication prescribed for administration in ampoules or in the form of a dry powder in a vial; A three-component syringe with a volume of 2.5 ml to 11 ml, depending on the volume of the drug prescribed for administration; Cotton ball; Alcohol 96%; Solvent (if the injection should be prepared from a dry powder).

Before proceeding to the procedure, carefully wash my hands. Then we take the ampoule with the medicine, carefully examine it, read the name, the amount of the medicine and the timing of its validity. Slightly shake the ampoule and knock on the tip of the ampoule with a fingernail, so that all the medicine falls down. Dampened with alcohol wool we wipe the tip of the ampoule and in the place of transition from the narrow part to the wide one we saw it with the help of a special nail file, which should be in the box together with the ampoules. The knife should be pressed several times with the pressure on the base of the tip, and then it must be broken off in the direction away from itself. To protect yourself from accidental cuts, you can wrap the ampoule with a tissue paper. We open the package with syringes and, without removing the cap, put the needle on the syringe. We remove the cap from the needle, lower the syringe with the needle into the ampoule, pull the piston towards ourselves and take the medicine.

After taking the medicine, turn the syringe vertically up and tap on it with a fingernail, so that the air bubbles rise up. Little by little pressing the plunger of the syringe, through the needle "push" the air until the droplet of the drug appears on the tip of the needle. Close the needle with a cap. Consistency of prescribing in a syringe If the prescription medication was not an ampoule but a dry powder in a vial, you will need a solvent (water for injections, novocaine, lidocaine, etc.).

To properly choose a solvent, carefully read the instructions for the drug or specify the name of a suitable solvent from the prescribing physician. According to the scheme described above, we collect the solvent from the ampoule into the syringe. We open the metal cap of the bottle, rub the rubber cap with alcohol and, piercing it with a needle, introduce a solvent. Shake the bottle to make the powder completely dissolved, turn it upside down and collect the finished solution in a syringe. After this, you should change the needle. Do not inject with the same needle that you used to pierce the rubber cap, because the sterility of the needle is impaired and, moreover, it becomes dull, which makes the injection more painful.

How to put injections at home
Before the injection in the buttock, so that the muscles relax, the patient should be placed on the stomach or on the side. The intended site for injection should be previously palpated, to prevent the needle from entering the seals or nodes.
If you will do an injection yourself, it is extremely important to choose the most convenient position for the injection. It is advisable to practice in front of the mirror, in which position it will be most convenient for you to stab - lying on your side (the surface must be stiff enough for the injection process to be more controlled) or standing in a half-turn mirror.

Mentally divide the butt into four squares. The injection should be done in the upper outer square.
We take the alcohol wool soaked with alcohol and carefully wipe the place of injection. If the site of the injection is not decontaminated, it can lead to the formation of infiltrates - painful seals, and to more serious consequences.
Having removed the cap from the needle and let out the air from the syringe, hold the syringe with the right hand, while the left one in the meantime stretches the skin at the injection site. If you are injecting a child, the skin, on the contrary, needs to be pulled into the fold.

We withdraw the hand with the syringe and sharply at right angles insert it into the muscle by 3/4 of the needle, but do not enter it to the very end. Many newcomers, for the first time doing an injection, are afraid to stab the needle and introduce it gradually. "Stretching" the injection, you cause unnecessary suffering to the patient. The sharper and clearer you stick the needle into the muscle, the less painful it will be to inject.
With your right thumb, pressing the plunger, slowly inject the medicine. The slower the drug is administered, the less likely it is that the bud is formed. Dampened in alcohol with fleece we press the place of injection and with a sharp movement we remove the needle. We slightly massage the injured muscle with cotton wool, so that the drug is absorbed more quickly, and alcohol is well disinfected wound.

Important points of intramuscular injection
Whether the injection for your "patient" will be traumatic and painful depends not only on your skill, but also on the design of the syringe. It is advisable to use not old two-component syringes, which with an intermittent movement of the piston cause unnecessary pain to the patient, and modern three-component ones with a rubber seal on the piston.
If a course of intramuscular injections is prescribed, the sides should be alternated: once to the right upper square, next - to the left. If an oil solution is used as the intramuscular injection, the ampoule should be slightly warmed up before warming in the warm water. The ingress of oil solution into the blood can cause embolism, so after insertion of the needle, the syringe piston needs to be pulled a little. If the blood begins to flow into the syringe, then you are in a blood vessel. In this case, without removing the needle, you should change the direction and depth of the dive or replace the needle and try to inject it elsewhere. If blood does not enter the syringe, you can safely inject the solution. The most important thing is hygiene compliance: for each injection, even for yourself, you should use a new syringe and needle. Re-use disposable syringes and needles by no means possible! Before you take the medicine into the syringe and make an injection, be sure to check the integrity of the syringe and needle packing. If the integrity of the package is impaired, the syringe should be discarded.