Can an IM injection go wrong?
Intramuscular injections are among the safest, and anyone can be trained to do them. However, things can occasionally go wrong. Aspiration is the term for pulling back a little on the syringe before injecting to be sure you aren’t in a blood vessel.
Can you inject a bone?
Bone fixer: A liquid that solidifies into a bone-like material is injected into a model bone defect through a syringe. Webster has developed a nanomaterial that quickly solidifies at body temperature into a bone-like substance.
Can you hit a nerve when giving an IM injection?
Where you give the injection is very important. The medicine needs to go into muscle. You do not want to hit a nerve or a blood vessel. So show your health care provider how you will choose where you will put the needle, to make sure you can find a safe spot.