Chapter 3: Overview of Parenteral Routes of Administration Flashcards
What does the term Parenteral mean?
Pertaining to outside of the digestive tract.
When is the parental route of administration used?
When the drug cannot be absorbed through the GI tract, or the medication is destroyed by gastric juices.
Parenteral medications enter the body through?
Injection and are absorbed rapidly.
The parenteral routes of administration that a MA will use are?
Intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular.
What are other Parenteral routes include?
Intravenous, intrathecal, intraosseous and epidural (MA are not permitted to administer medications through these routes).
What is Intradermal (ID)?
The injection of a substance into the dermis below the epidermis.
Intradermal (ID) injections are used for?
Sensitive testing, such as tuberculosis and allergy tests, because the body reaction is easy to visualize, and results can be easily assessed.
What is Subcutaneous (SC)?
The injection of a substance into the tissue layer between the skin and the muscle, safe, convenient and can be administered by the patient.
Medications delivered by subcutaneous injection include?
Insulin, epinephrine (EpiPen), heparin, allergy medications and some pain medications.
What is Intramuscular (IM)?
Injection of a substance directly into muscle.
Intramuscular injections are?
Absorbed faster than subcutaneous injections, and muscle tissue can hold a larger volume of medication.
What is an example of vaccinations administered Intramuscular (IM)?
Flu shot.
