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injection sites
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| intradermal arm | handbreadth from antecubital fossa and wrist, avoiding scars, lumps, veins, moles. 15 degree angle |
| subcutneous | fatty part in back of arm, abdomen 2 in from umbiculitis, anterior thigh. 45 degree angle |
| IM | deltoid muscle-locate acromion process (flat part of shoulder), two fingers below that, make v with other hand, injection in between v. vastus lateralis-find greater trochanter, hand at top and hand above knee. 90 degrees |
| IM pt 2 | ventral gluteal-find greater trochanter, heel of palm on it, thumb points towards groin, pointer to anterior superior illiac spine inject between the v |