Your baby is sick, the doctor has prescribed an intramuscular injection of drugs, there is no way to find an experienced nurse, and you need to give injections, and more than once a day. In this case, knowledge of the basic rules will help to make an injection on their own. To do this, you need to purchase in a pharmacy:
1. A drug for injection, which must be mandatory at a dosage prescribed by a doctor. Be sure to verify the expiration dates of the drug.
2. Vatu.
3. Medical alcohol.
4. Disposable syringes of the required volume, which depends on the dosage of the prescribed drug. In pharmacies you can find special syringes with a small and thinner needle, designed for children.
Before giving injections to children, you will need to thoroughly wash your hands with soap and a disinfectant.
An intramuscular injection is made into the gluteal muscle. To determine the injection site, a conditional division of the buttocks into 4 parts will be required. Injections are given to children in the upper right quarter (the outer part of the buttock). When entering the needle, it is very important to maintain calm and confident movements, since the least painless entry of the needle is especially dependent on this.
Vitamin preparations in the ampoule are in liquid form. To inject, cut the ampoule at the site of the break with a specially designed nail file, which is usually included in the package, and open the ampoule. Before injecting the child, unpack the disposable syringe, connect it to the needle and get the right amount of medicine.
Antibiotics are in the ampoule in dry form. They need to be diluted with water for injection or lidocaine.
Next, turn the syringe with the needle up and gently tap on it with your fingernail so that the air bubbles can rise to the hole. Press the piston and expel the air bubbles outward until a drop of the drug appears in the hole in the needle.
Before injecting children, the buttock must be massaged with gentle movements. Hands should be warm and should not cause gluteal muscle tension.
Using a cotton swab dipped in alcohol, treat the injection site.
Next, you need to use your left hand to stretch the skin a little in the place where you will give injections to the buttocks for children. For an adult patient, on the contrary, it is necessary to fold the injection site into a fold.
Hold the syringe in your right hand, now with an energetic, but controlled movement, you need to insert the needle at an angle of 90 °, a depth of about ¾ needle.
Your thumb should be on the piston, and the index and middle should hold the syringe in your hand. Then slowly enter the drug.
After administering the medicine, it is necessary to lightly press the location of the needle with a cotton swab, pull it out with a sharp movement, press the remaining hole and lightly massage for several seconds.
Important!
Do not manipulate the preparation in front of the child.
- You can not show the baby that you are afraid to give injections to children.
- You can not scold a child if he is afraid and nervous. It’s better to try to distract him and calm him down.
- You should never cheat a child. You can’t say that it will not hurt at all. Better praise the baby if he has managed to tolerate.