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There are four accepted body sites for Intramuscular injections.
1.The central region of the Deltoid muscle of the shoulder.
This area is for only small injections of 1 ml or less, ie for vaccinations.
The other three regions are all in the lower body area.
2. The middle of the thigh in the Vastus Lateralis muscle of the quadriceps muscle group of the upper leg .
3 The Ventrogluteal muscle in the hip on the side of the hip.
4. The Dorsogluteal muscle of the buttocks. Divide one buttock into four quadrants upper and lower. The injection should always be in the upper quadrant.
A site for an intramuscular injection is the arm. The other three sites are the thigh, the upper outer posterior buttock and the lateral hip. It is recommended that the patient rotates the site where the injection is administered each time.
Mid-deltoid areas and gluteus medius are both common sites for intramuscular administration.
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Intramuscular.
What are the four intramuscular injection sites?
The deltoid, vastus lateralis, and the gluteal muscles.
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Chickenpox vaccine is not intramuscular. It is a subcutaneous vaccine.
What does IM mean in drug dosages?
iv = interveinous im = intramuscular
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Why you cant give oral medication to a nausea patient?
They will most likely vomit it back up. Thus, intramuscular (IM) or intravenous (IV) medication is preferred in these instances (especially in hospital and clinic settings.
What are the three types of injection?
subcutaneous intravenous intramuscular
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Yes, epinephrine can be administered through an endotracheal tube if intravenous access is not readily available in emergency situations. However, it is not the preferred route of administration and may not be as effective as intravenous or intramuscular routes.
What is the medical term meaning medication placed directly within the muscle?
Intramuscular injection involves placing the medication directly into the belly of a muscle.
What is the abbreviation for intramuscular?
IM
What is the traditional site for most deep intramuscular injections?
You can give deep intramuscular injection in upper and outer quadrant of the hip. You can give the deep intramuscular injection between anterior and lateral aspect of the middle thigh.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of intramuscular injection?
The advantages of the deltoid intramuscular injection is that as said before is easy accessible and patients are generally a lot more comfortable with exposing their arms as opposed to another body area. Disadvantages to this site are the size of the muscle mass is small in relation to other IM injection sites.
