Many of us were forced to do intramuscular injections, or they were made by our relatives. Someone went to the polyclinic several times a day, someone came to someone's home nurse, someone did himself, and someone would be happy to do, but did not know: how to put a prick in the buttock or simply was afraid. And these fears are not without reason, because an incorrect injection into the buttock can lead to unpleasant complications. To avoid them, you must follow certain rules.
How to put a prick in the buttock?
Before carrying out the manipulation, you should thoroughly wash your hands with soap and treat them with an antiseptic. Taking an ampoule with a medicine, you must also rub it with alcohol, shake it, saw and tear off the tip. Having typed the medicine into the syringe, it is necessary to put it vertically with a needle upwards and, pushing the piston, push the air bubbles through the needle until the drops of solution appear. Before the injection in the buttock, the needle is changed if a vial with a rubber lid was used.
Where and how do I inject into the buttock?
The patient should be placed on a horizontal surface. We hold an imaginary cross on the buttocks, dividing it into four parts. The upper outer quadrant is carefully wiped alternately with two cotton swabs moistened with alcohol. We take a syringe in the right hand, and with the left hand we stretch the skin of the buttock at the injection site. Holding the syringe at an angle of 90 degrees to the surface, firmly insert the needle into the muscle by 3/4. Slowly we inject the medicine, then quickly remove the syringe and, after rubbing the skin, we press the tampon to the site of the injection for a while.
The technology of stabbing in the buttocks to girls is no different from stabbing young men, i.e. does not depend on sex. Do not use the syringe and needle again!
A sting in the buttock to children
It should be remembered that many children are very afraid of injections, so before the injection of the child you need to calm down and adjust accordingly. If we inject into the buttocks to children, then the skin at the injection site should not be stretched, but squeezed between the fingers.
Effects of injections in the buttock
The stabbing in the buttock can have the following consequences and complications:
- the occurrence of infiltration at the site of injection of the solution;
- postinjection abscess;
- hematoma;
- fat or air embolism;
- needle breaking in tissues;
- numbness of buttock and whole leg;
- allergic reaction, up to anaphylactic shock;
- infection of the patient with any diseases and others.
Most often, the buttocks hurt from the injections. This is due to the traumatization of tissues when the needle is inserted and the medicinal substance is exposed to them. Damage to the vessel during injection can lead to hemorrhage (hematoma). Seals and infiltrates can occur with poor resorption of the injected substance, and with the attachment of the infection, inflammation can occur up to an abscess requiring surgical treatment. To prevent inflammatory complications, it is necessary to carefully observe the aseptic during manipulation, do not touch the needle to foreign objects, treat the injection site well, and use a needle of sufficient length to allow the drug to enter the muscle, not under the skin. Before making an injection in the buttock, the oil solutions should be heated to make them more absorbable. To prevent the appearance of fat embolism, after insertion the needle needs to be pulled back slightly and, slightly pulling the plunger toward yourself, make sure that it is not in the blood vessel.
If you hit a little bit of air in the buttock with the medicine, it's not scary, the air will dissolve in the tissues. However, it is still better to follow the rules for injections and,