IM Injections site? Please clarify

Nurses General Nursing

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Hi!

I am very confused about 2 IM injection sites:dorsogluteal and ventrogluteal.

I know that both are given in the butt, but whats the difference between those 2 sites.How to locate them?

Thanks

Specializes in Med Surg/Tele/ER.

Here ya go...This is how I was taught to do it. http://flightline.highline.edu/drydberg/balckboard/ventrogluteal_injection_site.htm

Dorsoal: with the pt lying on his stomach if possible, draw a mental line horizontally from the coccyx to the side. Then draw a vertical line down the center of the buttock. The upper outer quad is your site.

Ventral: I don't know how to describe that one without physically showing someone.

Specializes in Med-surg.

Is dorsogluteal still an acceptable site? My school is only teaching ventrogluteal d/t the risk of sciatic nerve damage but I don't know if there's evidence of that ever occurring.

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