Im assuming you are asking at what angle should you inject using the IM method. Which is at a 90 degree angle.
The people who administer intramuscular injections are trained before they are allowed to administer injections to humans. Sometimes they are trained on pieces of fruit first.
subcutaneous intravenous intramuscular
The landmark for intramuscular injections is the acromion process. The actually injection site should be several centimeters away from the process, on the deltoid muscle.
Intramuscular injections are not something that you should attempt to learn without proper instruction and supervision from a qualified instructor. If there is a medical reason, your doctor may teach you how to preform injections on yourself or one of your dependents. It is not something to try after only reading about it.
The abbreviation "ther proph diag inj sc im" likely refers to therapeutic prophylaxis, diagnostic injections, subcutaneous (sc), and intramuscular (im) injections. Therapeutic prophylaxis involves treatment to prevent disease, while diagnostic injections are used to determine the presence of a condition. Subcutaneous and intramuscular injections are methods of delivering medication, with subcutaneous injections administered into the fatty tissue just under the skin and intramuscular injections delivered directly into the muscle.
Penicillin comes in tablets, intravenous solutions and intramuscular injections.
Intramuscular injections are commonly used to administer vaccines and medications directly into the muscle tissue for faster absorption. For example, a healthcare professional might give a flu vaccine intramuscularly in the upper arm. This method can provide a more rapid onset of action compared to subcutaneous injections. Moreover, intramuscular injections can accommodate larger volumes of medication than other routes.
90 degree angle
False, intramuscular injections
You can give deep intramuscular injection in upper and outer quadrant of the hip. You can give the deep intramuscular injection between anterior and lateral aspect of the middle thigh.
There really isn't a limit to the number of subcutaneous or intramuscular injections you can get. It can, however, be difficult to find a good vein for more than a couple of intravenous injections.
Usually, the vehicle used for a intramuscular drug contains oil or a "fatty liquid". The amount of liquid injected is generally bigger in an IM injection and the drug might also be more irritative. The nail used is generally bigger and longer. For these reasons, almost all IM injections are more painful than SC injections.