Subcutaneous injections – one of ways of administration of medicines in a human body. If there is no opportunity to use the help of professionals, there is a question how to give a hypodermic injection it is correct.
The instruction how to give a hypodermic injection
Initially when holding a procedure of a subcutaneous injection it is necessary to consider several important factors:
- it is hypodermically possible to inject medicines which especially for it are intended;
- disposable it is necessary to enter no more than 2 ml of medicine;
- it is necessary to observe measures of hygiene and precaution – to carefully wash hands, to use sterile tools, cotton wool, alcohol and gloves;
- for hypodermic pricks use syringes with the thinnest needles, most often insulin;
- at introduction of oil means, medicine needs to be warmed up previously in warm water to t of 38 degrees Celsius.
Quite often there is a question how to give injection hypodermically to itself. This process assumes certain difficulties with the choice of the place for an injection and medicine introduction. Actually the difference in how to give a hypodermic injection to itself or to other person is not so essential. In the matter the main thing to follow rules of hygiene and the equipment of an injection.
Stages of carrying out injection:
- For a subcutaneous injection it is necessary to choose places where there is no concentration of blood vessels and large nerve ganglions. The most suitable places for a prick are the right side of a belly wall, subscapular area, front outer side of a hip and the middle of a forearm.
- To gather medicine in the syringe and to lower from it vials of air for what the syringe rises vertically at the level of eyes and pressing of the piston all visible air congestions are removed.
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