How to Administer a Vitamin B Injection in the Deltoid
Giving an intramuscular injection can be quite risky if one does not know about the proper anatomy of the region. Following is a way to tell about the safe area for giving an intramuscular injection.
Steps
- 1Make the Deltoid visible by removing the clothing above it.
- 2Now take a distance of four fingers from the upper end of arm on deltoid i.e. where the arm starts.
- 3After taking proper distance from upper end of arm, clean that area with a spirit swab.
- 4Now fully insert the injection needle at the angle of 90 degrees in the deltoid four fingers below upper end of humerus(the arm bone) as told by the area above.
- 5Provide suction with the upper end of injection to see if any blood comes or not.
- 6If blood does not come in injection on suction, press the upper end of injection and insert the required medicine in the muscle.
- 7After that put the needle out and put a spirit swab on that area.
Tips
- According to some people it is better to pinch the deltoid with fingers before putting needle in it as it will cause less pain.
- But some people are of the view that pinching the muscle is risky as it might cause the injection to become sub cutaneous.
Warnings
- Give your first few injections under supervision of a trained person.
- Always try to suck blood after entering the needle in muscle.
- Never give injection if blood comes on suction as the dose will go intravenously then and may cause death of the patient.
- NOTE: Injection in the auxiliary nerve under deltoid will cause extreme pain and person might become paralyzed afterwards
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