Injections deliver liquid medications, fluids, or nutrients directly into a person’s body. Different types of injections include intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraosseous, and ...

Intramuscular injections are absorbed faster than subcutaneous injections. This is because muscle tissue has a greater blood supply than the tissue just under your skin.

An intramuscular injection delivers medication into a muscle. Doctors frequently use intramuscular injections to administer vaccines and certain other drugs. Injection sites include the upper arm ...

Subcutaneous vs. intramuscular injections. An intramuscular injection is a shot directly into your muscle, while a subcutaneous injection is one in the layer of fatty tissue between your skin and ...

There was a recent epidemic of unexplained illness and death among injection drug users in Scotland, Ireland and England. The syndrome-based case definition was soft-tissue inflammation (abscess, ...

Other sites for intramuscular injections include: Deltoid. On the outside of the arm above the armpit in the deltoid muscle. The injection point is between the armpit and shoulder.

Greenway K (2004) Using the ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injection. Nursing Standard; 18: 25, 39-42. Groswasser J et al (1997) Needle length and injection techniques for efficient ...

Subcutaneous injections are used to administer medications between skin and muscle. This allows medication to be absorbed slowly over a longer period of time. A subcutaneous injection is a method ...