How to make an intramuscular injection. How to give yourself injections in the buttock. Video. Features of the injection

Many people don’t consider it necessary to know how to give an injection in the buttock. Intramuscular injections are prescribed to treat diseases, but few people clearly explain how to safely inject medicine into a muscle. This method has advantages that help speed up the recovery process.

Orthopedist-traumatologist: Azalia Solntseva ✓ Article checked by doctor

We give an injection

At first it will seem easy.

It takes a long time to study in order to correctly inject the drug into the buttock muscle.

One mistake will harm the patient who is about to be cured.

To ensure that no side effects occur after injection, the process follows standard rules.

Sequencing:

The patient is positioned lying on his stomach. In this state, the muscles are as relaxed as possible.
Before the procedure, hands should be washed thoroughly with antibacterial soap. The skin should be treated with an antiseptic. The possibility of infection will be minimal.
Anyone who is going to administer a drug must protect himself with gloves so that the patient’s blood does not get on his skin.
The actual injection itself is made by quickly moving a hollow needle into the upper corner of the buttock. Professionals advise visually dividing it into four quadrants and choosing the upper outer one. Another instruction is to step back from the line of the pelvic bones that protrude five to eight centimeters down and place an injection in this place.
You should not rush to infuse the medicine, and remove the needle in one movement, while simultaneously applying alcohol-containing cotton wool to the area.

This method for injection into the muscle is correct. Those people who often engage in this manipulation can administer the drug to the patient in a standing position.

It is worth shifting the weight from one limb to the other and trying to relax the buttock. The injection is given according to standard instructions.

Following this sequence ensures that the patient does not develop complications later.

Manipulation area

Anyone who injects medicine parenterally for the first time should know that the procedure is performed in one correct area. Due to lack of experience, severe injury can be caused to a person and the administration of the medicine can provoke a large number of complications.

In order to find a place for parenteral injection, it is worth mentally dividing the buttock into 4 parts. If it’s hard to imagine in your mind, you can picture it as iodine. It is strictly forbidden to infuse the medicine into the lower parts and into the upper inner quadrant (it is located near the spine).

Obviously, the safest solution is the upper quadrant, which is located outside.

This is worth knowing so as not to get into the nerves of the sacral plexus, large vessels, and periosteum.

The drug is injected into muscle tissue, not into the fat layer, and the needle will not touch the bones.

In the buttock

We specify the place for parenteral injection. We sit on a chair and bend the limb at the knee.

The part of the thigh that is at the top and located on the side, hanging from the chair, is the injection area.

Sequencing:

wash your hands thoroughly with soap;
sit on a chair, bend your leg at the knee, find where the desired area for administering the drug is located;
wipe the area with alcohol-soaked cotton wool;
relax the leg;
insert the needle two-thirds of the way;
slowly introduce the medicine;
We press the insertion site with a cotton swab and alcohol and quickly remove the needle;
We massage the area with calm movements.

Video

On one's own

There are situations when injections into the buttocks need to be done, but there is no one to help with this.

In such cases, there is no need to get upset or panic.

Experts give simple but effective advice on how to carry out such manipulation correctly and painlessly, without causing unpleasant consequences.

Technique:

You need to take a comfortable position, transfer your entire body weight to one leg and relax your buttock.
To determine exactly where to give the injection correctly, you need to stand in front of a mirror. The buttock is divided into four parts, you can even draw lines using iodine and the upper outer area is selected.
The medicine should be drawn into the syringe carefully, making sure that no air remains inside.
Before the procedure, hands should be washed and the injection site should be disinfected with cotton wool and spirit.
You need to prick with a precise, sharp movement in the indicated area, the needle should enter 3/4 of the right buttock, in some cases it enters completely, but there is nothing to worry about. The plunger should be pressed slowly, completely introducing the intramuscular drug.
The needle is removed with a sharp movement, and a cotton swab with alcohol should be applied to the injection site and you can massage the injection site a little.

Learning to give yourself an injection yourself is not difficult, you just need to follow simple and clear rules that will not allow complications to arise. You can practice using photos. This can be learned.

Many people give themselves injections; no one understands why they are embarrassed.

Possible consequences

What complication can be expected:

Infiltrate or lump - such a formation can form at the site of intramuscular injection. This occurs due to the rapid administration of the medicine into the buttock, so this process should be monitored very carefully. To prevent the formation of lumps, you should not constantly inject only one buttock.
Pay close attention to skin redness. It is quite painful, touching it causes discomfort, and the temperature rises, then you urgently need to see a surgeon. Such symptoms indicate a post-injection abscess.
The sciatic nerve may be affected. In the first seconds after inserting the needle into the buttock, a sharp pain occurs, localized in the back of the thigh, then the needle must be pulled out immediately. You can try the injection again after a while, carefully determining the injection site.

Treatment of complications

The most difficult to treat is an abscess after an incorrect injection.

Surgery is possible.

The patient is prescribed a course of antibiotics and painkillers.

Proper treatment can cope with the problem, but after the intervention, most often, noticeable marks remain on the skin.

Infiltrates or treated much easier. It is necessary to stop injecting the medicine into the buttock and then undergo a course of prescribed physiotherapeutic procedures.

If the condition does not improve, the patient is prescribed an ultrasound; the examination is necessary to exclude the accumulation of fluid inside the buttock. If this has already happened, then it is impossible to do without the intervention of surgeons.

Recovery time from such complications will vary in each situation. For some, only 1-2 weeks will be enough for complete recovery and healing. In the case of severe abscesses, this period can increase significantly.

Unpleasant consequences will be eliminated if you follow all the rules for administering intramuscular injections. Both hands and the injection site must be treated and disinfected. The risk of getting an unpleasant continuation will be minimal.

In any case, be sure to consult a doctor at the first symptoms of deterioration after injections, the formation of even minor bumps.

Intramuscular injection is a complex procedure. Therefore, this manipulation is approached only with knowledge of all the basic rules for its implementation.

Paying attention to your health is the key to good health and good mood.

Tools

You will need:

Soap. Not necessarily antibacterial.
Towel. It should be clean, or better yet, disposable.
Plate. You will need to put all the tools on it. At home it is difficult to disinfect the table surface, for example, so you have to work from a plate. It must be washed with soap and wiped with an antiseptic - an alcohol wipe or cotton wool with alcohol or chlorhexidine.
Gloves. At home, gloves are often neglected, but in vain. Since there is no question of any sterility here, gloves are especially needed to protect both the patient and the person giving the injection from the transmission of infections.
Syringes. The volume of the syringe must correspond to the volume of the medicine. If the medicine needs to be diluted, then keep in mind that it is better to take a larger syringe.
Needles. They will be needed if the medicine needs to be diluted. For example, if a dry drug is sold in an ampoule with a rubber cap.
Antiseptic or alcohol wipes. You need 70% alcohol, an antiseptic based on it, or chlorhexidine. Disposable alcohol wipes, which are sold at any pharmacy, are suitable for home use.
Place for trash. You will have to put waste material somewhere: packaging, lids, napkins. It’s better to immediately throw them into a separate box, basket, or wherever is convenient for you, so that it all doesn’t end up on a plate with clean tools.

It is not allowed to give injections yourself in the following cases:

If the drug was not prescribed by a doctor. The drug, its dosage, how to dilute it - all this is determined by the doctor, and only he.
If the patient has never taken this drug before. Many medications have side effects and can cause unwanted reactions.
When the person requiring the shot has HIV, hepatitis or other blood-borne infections, or if it is not known whether the person has these infections (no valid certificate).

Site preparation

Injections have to be given in the buttock; for this, the patient is placed on his stomach, sometimes on his side.

Palpate the selected buttock (the closest one is more convenient) to make sure there are no lumps or knots. Mentally dividing it into four parts with a cross, select the upper part of the buttock closest to you and disinfect it twice.

After administering the drug, use an alcohol-based cotton swab to press the skin where the needle enters the flesh and quickly but confidently pull out the syringe. Massaging the injection site with a cotton swab, leave it there for a while to disinfect.

Important: if you have to inject a child, you should prepare a syringe of smaller volume than for adult patients with a thinner needle. Before the injection, when gathering the muscle into a fold, you should grab the skin a little deeper, along with the muscle, then the injection will not hurt.

How to give an injection in the buttock

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Detailed instructions on how to correctly give an injection in the buttock at home. "Country of Soviets" warns: we will talk about intramuscular injections. Leave intravenous injections to the professionals. Moreover, if you have the opportunity, it is better to provide them with intramuscular injections.

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But if you are prescribed a course of intramuscular injections, but there is no time to go to the nurse at the hospital, you will have to give injections at home with the involvement of your family and friends in the process.

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So, intramuscular injections can be given:
- in the buttock (the simplest and most common option - we’ll consider it),
- in the thigh,
- in your hand. What you will need - cotton balls soaked in 96 alcohol,
- three-component syringe 2.5 - 11 ml (depending on the volume of the medicine prescribed for administration),
- a drug prescribed for administration. For intramuscular injections, buy special syringes with long needles.

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Do not make intramuscular injections with a short needle for subcutaneous or intravenous injections or insert the needle not to its full length.- it may not reach the muscle, the medicine will be injected not into the muscle, but under the skin, which can lead to inflammation.

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Preparation

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The injection should be given while lying down, as in this case the muscles are relaxed and the injection will be less painful. In addition, in a standing position there is a risk of breaking the needle if the patient sharply contracts the muscle.

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1. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap.
2. Take the ampoule with the medicine, wipe thoroughly with alcohol.
3. Shake it well.
4. File and break off the tip, draw the medicine into the syringe.
5. Then tap the syringe with your finger to collect all the air bubbles at the top of the syringe into one, and little by little press the plunger to “push” the air bubble through the needle.
6. To make sure that there is no more air in the syringe, wait until the first drop of medicine appears from the needle.

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Performing an injection

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In order to correctly give an intramuscular injection (into the buttock), you need to draw an imaginary cross across the buttock, dividing it into 4 parts. The injection is given in the upper outer quadrant (you will not damage the sciatic nerve in this area).

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1. Take two cotton swabs and, one by one, lubricate the injection site with alcohol.
2. Then take the syringe in your right hand. If you are injecting an adult, stretch the skin at the injection site with your left hand (in children, on the contrary, the skin should be folded).
3. Take your hand with the syringe and, at an angle of 90 degrees to the surface, with a decisive movement, insert the needle into the muscle almost 3/4 of the needle (not to the very end!).
4. Slowly pressing the plunger with the thumb of your right hand, inject the medicine (attention! if you are using an outdated syringe design - two-component - with one hand, you may not be able to inject. In this case, it is better to hold the syringe barrel with your right hand, and press on the syringe with your left piston).
5. Using a cotton swab soaked in alcohol, press the injection site and quickly remove the needle at an angle of 90 degrees. This will stop bleeding and reduce the risk of infection entering the body.
6. Then massage the affected muscle. This way the medicine will be absorbed faster, and the alcohol will disinfect the wound.Safety rules1. Alternate buttocks - do not inject in the same buttock.
2. Use only imported syringes, because their needles are thin and sharp. Also, 2 cc syringes have a thinner needle than 5 cc syringes.
3. Never reuse a syringe or needle; the syringe must be thrown away after use!

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Be healthy!

Update: October 2018

Before you give an intramuscular injection into the buttock yourself, make sure that it is impossible to call a nurse from the clinic or a medical worker living nearby. In case of urgent need, it is possible to give an injection yourself, but subject to certain rules.

Preparatory stage

Before the first injection, you should purchase all the necessary attributes:

syringes - specially designed for intramuscular injection, with a long needle and a volume of 2 to 5 cubes (cm3);
medicine prescribed by the doctor– in solution or powder (requiring additional dilution);
cotton pads, balls or sterile medical cotton wool;
antiseptic solution– “Miramistin”, “Chlorhexidine”, special wipes or solutions for injections, in the worst case - vodka, alcohol cologne will do.

Rubbing alcohol is more difficult to obtain - it is sold in small bottles and requires a doctor's prescription.

Training stage

Any children's soft toy is suitable as a training object. The main thing is that she has a clearly defined cherished area - the gluteal region. With her face down, mentally divide one of the buttocks into four parts - quadrants. The center of the upper right (on the right buttock) or upper left (on the left) will be the area into which the needle must be inserted.

You should take the syringe with the needle in your right hand and try to insert the needle with one light push (pop). The syringe is in a vertical position above the buttock. The problem is precisely the moment of puncture - then the needle enters unhindered.

Exactly the same sensation occurs when injections are made into a person’s muscles – an obstacle in the form of skin and easier passage of muscle tissue.

Introduction rules

Choosing an injection site within the outer upper quadrant of the buttock implies:

avoiding repeated injections into areas that have already been compacted and previously stabbed,
in moles, hemangiomas,
clearly translucent capillaries.

In order to correctly give an intramuscular injection into the buttock, you need:

Wash your hands thoroughly with soap. If your nails are manicured (long, with gel overlays), then the area under them should be washed with a special brush. The space under the nails is a place of massive accumulation of all pathogenic bacteria.
Take three balls (cotton pads).
Soak the first ball in an antiseptic solution and thoroughly wipe your hands (not forgetting your nails).
Open the package with the syringe. Without touching the needle cannula, carefully assemble it. Place on the table (in the package).
If the drug is contained in an ampoule, then take a second ball and moisten it with an antiseptic. Carefully apply it to the top of the ampoule (provided there is a factory cut, indicated by a dot), and break it. If necessary, you can file the head of the ampoule with a special file (comes with the medication).
The syringe is removed and the cap is removed. The needle is inserted into the ampoule (without touching its walls and bottom), and the medicine is drawn out. They get rid of excess air by gently squeezing it out using a piston.
The third ball is used to wipe the area of the future injection. They move the hand back a little - three to five centimeters and give the injection with a gentle clap. The injection site is chosen in advance - you can draw a dot on it with iodine to make the task easier.
After administering the medicine, press the area where the needle entered with a cotton ball, then remove it. Keep the cotton pad for about another minute.
The injection site must be constantly changed to prevent the formation of hard areas. Doctors recommend drawing an iodine grid on the skin from the first injection - as a warming up and additional disinfection.
If the drug is in powder form, the procedure is increased by one step. The ampoule with the solution is opened in the same order, the protective foil is removed from the bottle cap, and the rubberized cap is disinfected with an antiseptic. The liquid collected in the ampoule is introduced into the bottle, the contents are thoroughly mixed (separating the syringe from the needle at this moment is strictly prohibited). After obtaining a homogeneous liquid, the contents of the bottle are drawn into a syringe, and further administration proceeds according to the usual pattern.

After the injection, all used pellets and syringes must be disposed of.

Basic mistakes

Incorrect insertion angle– intramuscular injections are always carried out at an angle of 90 degrees. If the parameters change, the medicine will enter the subcutaneous fat and will not have the necessary effect.
Slow, deliberate insertion of the needle– causes excruciating pain and subsequent hysterical fear of injections.
Pulling the needle out at a different angle– a change in direction risks a broken needle tip and a subsequent visit to the trauma center to remove it.
Violation of the rules of asepsis and antisepsis. Poorly washed hands and insufficiently cleaned injection site will cause a local inflammatory reaction with the formation of pus, necrosis and the need for long-term treatment with antibiotics (also in the form of injections). The worst option is surgical excision of dead tissue of the buttocks, scars and scars in their place (see).
Incorrect procedure– a “successful” hit to the sciatic nerve will tell the victim how wheelchair users feel. The sensitivity of the affected limb can be restored from 4 to 48 hours. All this time the leg will not obey - it is impossible to stand on it, bend it.
Permanent injections at one point– will cause spontaneous scarring, which will require long-term physiotherapeutic procedures for recovery. The worst outcome is surgical removal of the problem area.

The above mistakes are among the most common; in fact, the list is endless. Anyone who has given an intramuscular injection incorrectly quickly realizes that the injection instructions were not written by chance.

Where can the injection be given besides the buttock?

In medical practice, it is possible to carry out manipulations in the area of the thigh and arm. In both cases, a large fold is created with your free hand, into which the injection is made.

In reality, this type of intramuscular procedures is more painful and requires increased caution - if the technique is incorrect, blood vessels and nerve endings can be damaged. Before using these options, you need to learn the basic method.

How to do it without hurting

People's main fear of injections is due to pain or anticipation of it.

To reduce it, the patient should be advised to relax the gluteal muscles as much as possible (therefore, it is advisable to administer intramuscular solutions to a person lying on his stomach on a flat surface).
Drugs that cause pain when injected (for example, vitamin B12) should be administered slowly.
Some of the dry substances (for example, the antibiotic Ceftriaxone) are diluted with local anesthetics (Novocaine, Lidocaine) to reduce pain.
Before use, oil solutions (Progesterone, Testosterone) should be heated to 30-40 degrees Celsius using a water bath or an apparatus for heating solutions.

If a lump forms at the injection site or it is desirable for the bruise resulting from damage to the capillary to resolve faster, then:

use iodine mesh,
heparin or troxevasin ointment (the latter are applied to the area in a thin layer twice a day for no longer than a week),
Alcohol compresses resolve infiltrates and hematomas quite well.

Errors and subtleties of injections

If not all the air was removed from the syringe in preparation for the manipulation, then its entry into the muscle usually does not end in anything interesting. Risks of air embolism exist only for intravenous and intra-arterial procedures.
In the case where the vessels are too close to the surface of the buttock or the needle has entered the capillary, droplets of blood can be seen after it is removed. This is more of an unfortunate misunderstanding than an injection error. Before removing the needle, you should hold the antiseptic cloth at the injection site with your finger a little longer: with a normal coagulation system, such bleeding stops in a couple of minutes.
If the buttock is too strong, and the needle suddenly somehow miraculously bent during insertion, there is no need to re-prick. Upon completion of the injection, the slightly crooked needle is removed in the standard manner.
If the needle was successfully injected, but the syringe came off it, this also does not threaten the person being injected. Some nurses, out of professional bravado, inject themselves first with only a needle, then attach a syringe with a solution to it.
It is not recommended to give injections into the thigh and shoulder at home, in patients with diabetes mellitus, in malnourished patients and in patients with bedsores on the buttocks.
The height of virtuosity is to give intramuscular injections to yourself. There are clear advantages here for people with good physical fitness and a thin waist. They can easily twist their upper body so as to prick themselves in the upper-outer part of the buttock. You can use a large mirror for the same purpose, using the reflection in which it is convenient to mark the injection site. But for people with substantial dimensions, injections into the anterior thigh are less safe.

The video perfectly demonstrates the technique of giving an injection in the buttock.

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A situation where you urgently need to inject yourself or someone else, unfortunately, can happen to everyone at least once in their life.

We are in website We have prepared instructions for this case and warn you that you should do such things yourself only if absolutely necessary. We will consider only the simplest type of injections - intramuscular injections.

Preparation

Make sure what you are doing is really necessary.
Make sure you have the correct medication prescribed by your doctor and the correct size syringe.
Wash your hands thoroughly and dry them with a disposable towel.
Find a suitable object (plate or tray) on which to place everything you will be working with and disinfect its surface.
Sit in an area with good lighting. Ask your “patient” to lie down: this way his muscles will be relaxed.
Wear sterile gloves and disinfect them with alcohol.
Prepare cotton swabs soaked in alcohol or alcohol wipes.

How to give an injection

If the medicine is cold, warm it in your hands.
Open the package with the syringe.
Treat your hands and the ampoule with an antiseptic, open it and take the medicine. If the ampoule has a rubber cap that needs to be pierced, replace the needle after taking the medicine - it may become dull.
If you accidentally touch the needle, it also needs to be replaced.
Turn the syringe upside down with the needle and release a drop of medicine to release the air.
On the buttock of the person to whom you will inject, mentally draw a large cross dividing it into 4 parts. Inject into the upper outer part, so you will definitely not hit the nerve.

Wipe the area where you will inject the medicine with an antiseptic, moving from the center to the periphery.
Place the needle at a 90° angle to the skin (note: this only applies to intramuscular injections).
In one firm, quick motion, insert the needle into the buttock. About 1/3 of the needle should remain outside.
Introduce the medicine slowly, this will make the “patient” more comfortable.
Make sure that the syringe does not twitch. You can hold it with one hand and press the piston with the other.
Apply an alcohol pad to the skin near the injection site. In one motion, pull out the needle and press the wound with a napkin.
Cap the needle and throw away used instruments.
Wash your hands. Well done, you did it!

If you need to inject yourself

In this case, it will be more difficult to hit the buttock, so use the outer thigh.
Sit on a chair and relax your leg. You want the middle third of the thigh on the outside.
The preparatory measures and the process itself are similar to those for an injection in the buttock. The skin is also pierced perpendicularly.
If you have trouble hitting the right spot or are very thin, use your hand to form a crease on your thigh and poke into it. Make sure that only fat is in the fold, not muscle.

Never reuse a syringe or needle.
Don’t be afraid to treat something with alcohol one more time - it’s better to be safe than sorry.

We remind you once again that if you need an injection, it is best to seek help from a doctor.

It happens that you need to get an injection, but there is no doctor nearby. And you have to turn to relatives and those who are nearby. There are craftsmen who can inject themselves, but this is not a very good idea, if only because it is inconvenient. It is better to give instructions to a person who is ready to help with the procedure.

Step 1: Prepare everything you need

Soap. Not necessarily antibacterial.

Towel. It should be clean, or better yet, disposable.

Plate. You will need to put all the tools on it. At home it is difficult to disinfect the table surface, for example, so you have to work from a plate. It must be washed with soap and wiped with an antiseptic - an alcohol wipe or cotton wool with alcohol or chlorhexidine.

Gloves. At home, gloves are often neglected, but in vain. Since there is no question of any sterility here, gloves are especially needed to protect both the patient and the person giving the injection from the transmission of infections.

Syringes. The volume of the syringe must correspond to the volume of the medicine. If the medicine needs to be diluted, then keep in mind that it is better to take a larger syringe.

Needles. They will be needed if the medicine needs to be diluted. For example, if a dry drug is sold in an ampoule with a rubber cap, then it is diluted as follows:

The solvent is drawn into the syringe.
The rubber cap is pierced with a needle and the solvent is released into the ampoule.
Shake the ampoule without removing the needle to dissolve the medicine.
Draw the solution back into the syringe.

After this, the needle must be changed, because the one that has already pierced the rubber cap is not suitable for an injection: it is not sharp enough.

Antiseptic or alcohol wipes. You need 70% alcohol, an antiseptic based on it, or chlorhexidine. For home use, it is best to use disposable alcohol wipes, which are sold at any pharmacy.

Place for trash. You will have to put waste material somewhere: packaging, lids, napkins. It’s better to immediately throw them into a separate box, basket, or wherever is convenient for you, so that it all doesn’t end up on a plate with clean tools.

Step 2: Learn to wash your hands

You will have to wash your hands three times: before collecting the instruments, before the injection and after the procedure. If it seems like a lot, it does.

Lifehacker wrote about how to properly wash your hands. This one has all the basic moves, but add a couple more to them: lather each finger on both hands and your wrists separately.

Step 3: Prepare the area

Choose a convenient place so that you can place a plate with tools and easily reach it. Another mandatory attribute is good lighting.

It does not matter how the person receiving the injection is positioned. He can stand or lie down, whichever is more comfortable for him. But the one who injects should also be comfortable so that his hands do not shake and he does not have to jerk the needle during the injection. So choose a position that suits everyone.

If you are afraid of injecting in the wrong place, before the procedure, draw a hefty cross directly on your buttock.

First, draw a vertical line in the middle of the buttock, then a horizontal one. The upper outer corner is where you can stab. If you're still scared, draw a circle in this corner. For artistic painting, at least an old lipstick or cosmetic pencil is suitable, just make sure that particles of these products do not get on the injection site.

While the patient lies and is afraid, we begin the procedure.

Step 4: Do everything in order

Wash your hands and plate.
Treat your hands and plate with antiseptic. Throw away the cotton wool or napkin immediately after processing.
Open five alcohol wipes or make as many cotton balls with antiseptic. Place them on a plate.
Take out the medicine ampoule and syringe, but do not open them yet.
Wash your hands.
Put on gloves and treat them with antiseptic.
Take the ampoule with the medicine, treat it with an antiseptic and open it. Place the ampoule on a plate.
Open the package with the syringe.
Open the needle and draw the medicine into the syringe.
Turn the syringe with the needle up and release the air.
Treat the patient's buttock with an alcohol or antiseptic wipe. First - a large area. Then take another napkin and wipe the place where you will inject. Movements for processing - from the center to the periphery or from bottom to top, in one direction.
Take the syringe in a way that is convenient for you. The needle should be perpendicular to the skin. Insert the needle in one motion. There is no need to push it all the way so as not to break it: 0.5–1 cm should remain outside.
Administer the medicine. Take your time, make sure that the syringe and needle do not dangle or twitch. You can hold the syringe with one hand and press the plunger with the other.
Take the last alcohol wipe or cotton wool, place it next to the injection site and in one motion, pull out the needle to quickly apply pressure to the wound.
Don't rub anything with the napkin, just press and hold.
Throw away used tools.
Wash your hands.

If the injection is painful, inject the medicine slowly. It seems that the faster, the sooner a person will be exhausted, but in fact, a slow introduction is more comfortable. Average speed - 1 ml in 10 seconds.

Don’t be afraid to treat the ampoule, hands or skin with an antiseptic once again. Here it is better to overwork than to underwork.

If you need to change needles after drawing up medication, do not remove the cap from the new one until you install it on the syringe. Otherwise, you can inject yourself. For the same reason, never try to cap a needle if you have already removed it.

If you don't know how hard to stick a needle, at least practice on chicken fillet. Just to understand that it's not scary.

When to give an injection without specialists

If the drug was not prescribed by a doctor. In general, there is no need to engage in self-medication, much less injections, even if for some reason you want to “inject some vitamins.” The drug, its dosage, how to dilute it - all this is determined by the doctor, and only he.
If the patient has never taken this drug before. Many medications have side effects and can cause unwanted reactions. Medicines that are administered through injections enter the blood faster, so reactions to them appear quickly and strongly. Therefore, it is better to do the first injection in a medical facility and not rush to run away from there, but wait 5-10 minutes so that everything is in order. If something goes wrong, the clinic will help, but at home you may not be able to cope.
When you have the opportunity to use the services of doctors, but don’t want to. An intramuscular injection is short-lived and inexpensive, but doing it at home may end up ending, so you won’t be able to save either money or time.
When the person requiring the shot has HIV, hepatitis or other blood-borne infections, or if it is not known whether the person has these infections (no valid certificate). In this case, it is better to entrust the matter to specialists in order to eliminate the risk of infection: doctors have more experience, and they will then dispose of the instruments properly.
If you are very scared and your hands are shaking so much that you do not hit the patient.