In treatment of the child there can be situations when medicine introduction intramuscularly is required, and the ability of parents to make it independently saves time and forces. Sometimes the ability to correctly give an injection can save life at the right time.
Always it is possible to find the professional nurse or to drive the child in a hospital, but sometimes it would be necessary to spend for it all day, especially if pricks need to be done 2–3 times a day. At the same time it is necessary to remember that are injected not only in buttocks - depending on the appointed drugs and the purpose of treatment there are intravenous, intramuscular and hypodermic types of injections. Drugs enter hypodermically when there is no need for achievement of instant effect or effect of medicine is necessary for a long time. Hypodermically the most part of inoculations becomes. For instant influence medicine is entered intravenously. This type of an injection is technically difficult and demands observance of all rules therefore for installation of droppers and intravenous injections most often address medics.
The majority of injections is given intramuscularly, for this purpose there are several favorable places — a buttock, a hip, a shoulder, preference is given to buttocks. For right carrying out a prick it is necessary to know, where exactly to prick and observe the put sequence of actions. Having bought the appointed medicine in the necessary dosage, cotton wool and medical alcohol, special attention is paid to the choice of syringes. Disposable syringes have to be necessary capacity, for children take either the thinnest needle or special children's syringes.
The needle is thinner, the less efforts are made for a prick and subjects it is more without serious consequences transferred.
Before a prick carefully wash hands with soap or disinfectant, it is possible to wipe with medical alcohol. When placing a prick in a gluteus conditionally divide each buttock into 4 equal parts. The injection is given in the right top quarter, at numerous carrying out a buttock surely alternate. It is necessary to keep tranquility, movements have to be smooth and sure, depends on it, how easily the needle will enter a muscle. Liquid medicine in an ampoule is opened, having made an incision a special nail file the place of opening. The disposable syringe is opened, connected to a needle, gather medicine. Dry medicines (occur among antibiotics) part with water for injections or lidocaine, following the recommendations of the doctor. The syringe with the gathered medicine is turned a needle up and slightly on it tap that up all vials of air rose. Slightly move the piston, distilling air outside until in an opening the medicine drop seems. It needs to be removed, having wiped a needle with the cotton wool moistened in alcohol.
The buttock intended to a prick is massed the soft or patting movements. Hands should not cause tension in the massed muscles, have to be warmed. The place of introduction of a needle is wiped with the cotton wool moistened in alcohol. By a free hand skin in the place of a prick is collected pleated, a hand with the syringe enter a needle at an angle 90o, the sharp movement, on depth 3/4 from all length of a needle. The thumb is put on the piston, index and average fix the syringe in a hand, begin to enter medicine. After full introduction the place of occurrence of a needle is pressed slightly the cotton wool moistened in alcohol, quickly take out a needle and press the remained opening, massing several seconds.
Syringes cannot be reused for a prick, before utilization the needle is closed surely a cap.
You should not carry out all these manipulations in front of the child of the age of reason, especially to show it the fear, fears and uncertainty. If the child is nervous, cries and is afraid, you should not abuse and shame him — better to try to distract, for example, having included the animated film. To deceive the child words that pain will not be, also do not cost, especially at ignorance whether the prick is painful. It is impossible to frighten by pricks at all, it is better to praise the child for courage and patience.