How to Give Yourself Intramuscular (IM) Injections - UW Health
Know how to give yourself an intramuscular injection, with supplies and instructions from UW Health.
Overcoming Your Fears of Self-Injection - Verywell Health
2023年4月4日 · Self-injection therapies are a safe and effective way to manage a variety of health conditions from diabetes to autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic disease. It's perfectly normal to feel nervous around needles.
How to Perform a Self Injection to the Abdomen: 12 Steps - wikiHow
2023年7月23日 · Self injecting can be hard, as it requires you to be both the patient and the doctor, but with time and practice, it will become easier. This guide will teach you some tips and tricks to correctly self-inject into your abdomen.
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Intramuscular (IM) Self-Injection. What is an Intramuscular Injection? An intramuscular injection, as illustrated in the figure below, delivers medication deep into the muscle tissue. This allows the medication to be quickly absorbed into the bloodstream for action. Step 1: …
How to Give Yourself a Shot - GoodRx
2021年10月15日 · Are you trying to give yourself an intramuscular or a subcutaneous shot? Read more about what instructions to follow when self-injecting, such as how to draw up your medication into a syringe, where you can inject each type of shot, and what to do if …
How to Give Yourself an Intramuscular Shot: Care Instructions
How to Give Yourself an Intramuscular Shot: Care Instructions. An intramuscular shot is an injection of medicine into a muscle. Some medicines—such as fertility medicines—must be injected into a muscle to work. This type of shot is usually given in the thigh or hip.
Giving Yourself an Intramuscular (IM) Injection in the Thigh
If you need to give yourself injections often, you need to inject a different site on your thigh each time. This helps prevent scars and skin changes. The injection sites should be at least 1 inch from each other. Ask your healthcare provider if you need to inject the medicine in a certain site.
Instructions for Self-Administered Intramuscular (IM) Injection Preparing to give the medication: Do not give the injection in an area where the skin is burned, hardened, inflamed, swollen, or damaged by a previous injection. 1. Wash your hands thoroughly. 2. Gather your supplies.
Giving an IM (intramuscular) injection - Mount Sinai Health System
The thigh is a good place to give an injection to yourself or a child less than 3 years old. Look at the thigh, and imagine it in 3 equal parts. Put the injection in the middle of the thigh. Hip: The hip is a good place to give an injection to adults and children older …
Discharge Instructions: Giving Yourself an Intramuscular (IM) Injection
Step 1. Get ready. Gather your supplies. You’ll need: Medicine. Syringe. 2 needles (one for drawing the medicine from the bottle (vial), another for giving the injection) Alcohol pads. 2-by-2-inch gauze pad. A special container to throw out the used needles and syringe (sharps container).
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