site location: IM

Question 1

how to locate deltoid (p&P)

Answer 1

fully expoe arm
ask pt to relax it by flexing elbow and supporting it or letting hang at side
dont roll up tight fitting sleeve
palpate acromion process. this is base of triangle. 3-5cm below this is injection site. to locate apex of triangle place 4 fingers across the deltoid muscle w top finger along the acromion process. the injection site is 3 finger widths below the acromion process

Question 2

loacting vastus lateralis

Answer 2

it extends from onehand breadth below greater trochanter to one hand breadth above knee.
use middle third for injection.
the width of the muscle is from midline of thigh to midline of outer thigh.

Question 3

what forms the V-shaped triangle for ventrogluteal site

Answer 3

the middle finger, index, and iliac crest

Question 4

ventrogluteal: where does index finger point?

middle?

Answer 4

middle=back along iliac crest toward buttock

indiex=anterior superioir iliac spine