Would you agree with this post below?
If not, could you elaborate why or what changes you would perform?
HOW TO GIVE YOURSELF INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS
Steps:
1. Wash your hands well with soap and water. Gather the supplies you need and place them on a clean, dry surface.
NOTE: If your syringe is already drawn up, skip steps 2-7.
2. Screw a needle on the syringe hub unless your syringe comes with a needle already attached.
3. Vial: Flip off the plastic top. Use an alcohol swab and wipe that area well using outward circular motion for 10 seconds.
4. Remove the needle cover. To draw air into the syringe, pull the plunger back to the correct volume, ______ cc (ml).
5. Insert the needle straight into the vial through the rubber top. Inject air into the bottle by pushing down on the plunger.
6. Using one hand, turn the vial with the syringe upside down. Be sure the needle is in the bottle and below the fluid level. Draw back the plunger to the correct mark, _____ ml.
7. Check for air bubbles in the syringe. Bubbles can be removed by flicking the syringe with your finger.
If the air bubble is at the top of the syringe, push gently on the plunger so the air goes back to the bottle. Before removing the needle, be sure you have the proper amount in the syringe.
8. Remove the needle from the vial. It is OK to put the cover on the needle for a short time. Be very careful not to stick yourself. Never place the syringe with uncovered needle on the surface you are working on.
9. Ampule
- Hold ampule upright, tap upper end lightly until all the medicine moves to the lower end of the ampule.
- Wrap alcohol wipe around the neck of the ampule, snap the neck away from you.
- Put the top and alcohol wipe in the Sharps container.
- Insert needle into the medicine and keep the needle below the fluid level while withdrawing the proper amount.
- Check for bubbles by taking the needle out of the ampule, turn the syringe so the needle is facing up, so bubbles flow to the top of the syringe.
- Pull back on the plunger slightly to pull any medicine in the needle into the syringe, and then push gently on the plunger until all air leaves the syringe.
- Check for correct volume in the syringe.
Note: You should not inject more than 3 mL at one site. If the amount is more than 3 mL, then divide the drug solution into two equal volumes and inject at two different sites. For example, your dose is 5 mL. Use 2 syringes with 2.5 mL in each one and inject the medicine at 2 different sites.
Now, You are Ready to Inject
Intramuscular injections are given into a muscle. To give yourself an injection you will use your thigh.
10. Use the middle outer part of the thigh to inject. These best area is one hand length below the hip and one hand length above the knee. Use a 20-22 gauge, 1-1½ needle. See the shaded area on the figure.
11. Clean the skin area to be injected with an alcohol swab, unless otherwise instructed by your health care provider. Clean an area 2 inches in diameter. Use firm circular motions while moving outward from the injection site. Let the area dry for 20 seconds.
12. Remove the needle cover. Never touch the needle.
13. Spread the skin at the site between your thumb and index finger using your left hand if you are right-handed or your right hand if you are left-handed (non dominant hand). It will be helpful if you have an alcohol swab or clean gauze ready to cover the site once you have pulled the needle out.
14. With your dominant hand, hold the syringe like a dart at a 90° angle to the site.
15. Insert the needle straight into the skin with a quick firm motion.
16. Supporting the syringe with your nondominant hand, pull the plunger slightly with your dominant hand to check for blood unless your health care provider has told you this step is not needed. If blood is seen in the syringe, do not inject the medicine and take the syringe out and throw it away in a Sharps container. Put gently pressure on the site with the alcohol wipe or gauze for 30 seconds. You can massage gently. Start over with steps 2-9 to draw up a new dose of medicine and inject at a new site.
17. If there is no blood, inject the medicine slowly until the syringe is empty.
18. Take the needle out quickly, at the angle in which it was injected.
19. Place an alcohol swab or gauze at the injection site and put pressure on the site for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
20. Throw away the needle and syringe in the Sharps container. Do not recap the needle!
21. Do not give yourself an injection in the same place every time. You may want to use your left thigh one time and your right thigh the next. It may be helpful to write down the site where you gave your last injection and the date. This way you can make sure you always use a different site.
whats up with this thread, im a noob and i really have no say so but I cant understand why this thread about shooting illicit drugs into your veins is even on a BODYBUILDING forum. Someone with no common sense is gonna come on here and think he should shoot steroids into his veins............can someone explain this to me. Im not trying to diss your thread at all ,im just a little confused what do you guys plan on shooting??
