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Administering intramuscular (IM) injections involves injecting medication directly into the muscle tissue, allowing for quick absorption into the bloodstream. This skill is crucial in medical assisting, as it requires a thorough understanding of anatomy, injection techniques, and safety protocols to ensure patient comfort and effective medication delivery. This module equips students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to perform IM injections safely and accurately.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate the preparation for administering an intramuscular injection.
- Demonstrate selecting suitable injection sites for intramuscular injections.
- Demonstrate appropriate needle and syringe selection for intramuscular injections.
- Demonstrate correct preparation of the medication to be injected.
- Demonstrate methods for reducing patient discomfort.
- Demonstrate safe and correct administration of intramuscular injections using the deltoid, vastus lateralis, and dorsogluteal sites.
- Demonstrate needle and blood safety.
- Apply the correct post-procedure considerations.
- Demonstrate correct documentation.
