I’ve looked at the diagrams, but on my body it feels like there is bone (pelvis, presumably) under what I think is the ventrogluteal injection site. I’m checking about 2 inches below the top of the pelvis, and about an inch in front of femur. Does it sound like I have the wrong spot? Thanks.
As I put in funmetal’s thread, put on a pair of jeans like Levis and look at the right pocket; the ventro site is essentially under the little coin pocket. Another way to think of it is this: take your right hand and use your middle finger to feel for the knob of your right hip; once you’re comfy you have your middle fingertip on the middle of the knob, place your thumb just across the iliac crest – the bone that arches right about where your thumb is right now.
If your index finger (the pointer-finger) is vertical, your middle finger is on the knob of your hip, and your thumb is following your iliac crest, then your ventrogluteal site is in the vee made by your thumb to your index finger. Shoot inside the triangle made by your finger and thumb.
If you’re anywhere close to your iliac crest, you’re aiming too high. There’s a lot of area to shoot in there if you’re aiming correctly, and you won’t be anywhere close to bone even with a 1.5" unless you’re skinny as a rail.
top right corner of right buttocks
lower it untill it is meaty enough for you to go straight in
I’m still confused…Which one is it?
Have you looked at the post on the ventroglute site just down the forum front page?
I fail to see how anyone can still not be able to find it after reading that thread.
If you feel bone you are in the wrong spot.
The way i found it (I just checked my jeans and that put me straight into my TFL!! owch…)
was thumb on crest of illiac, middle finger on head of femur and index finger in the middle of those… then to the rear by about 1/2 - 1 inch.
It is muscle you can tense, and part of the gluteal set.
Try that, it is the exact direction i learned from.
Joe
[quote]Boxer666 wrote:
top right corner of right buttocks
lower it untill it is meaty enough for you to go straight in[/quote]
Once again you demonstrate that you have no clue regarding the topic of discussion.
Do yourself a favor and do not speak unless spoken to.
[quote]Joe Brook wrote:
The way i found it (I just checked my jeans and that put me straight into my TFL!! owch…)
was thumb on crest of illiac, middle finger on head of femur and index finger in the middle of those… then to the rear by about 1/2 - 1 inch.
It is muscle you can tense, and part of the gluteal set.
Try that, it is the exact direction i learned from.
Joe[/quote]
TFL? Shouldn’t be, but I suppose I should have accounted for differences in jeans and how they hang on different people.
Initially I followed Prisoner’s advice, even to the point of cutting out an outline of my hand and placing it on my hip. My description above puts me in the same place, but that’s my hand. I guess your mileage may vary.
The upshot (no pun intended) is that there’s a lot of room to shoot from a couple of inches distal to the mid-line of your femoral head to a similar distance caudal. This really shouldn’t be that hard for anyone, and certainly not nearly as hard as it seems to be.
lmao @ lilguy! damn right man!
@speed… yeah… on mine it gets my TFL - bang on it under the johnny pocket. It is to the front, where the VG is more the side.
look…
"Location of ventrogluteal site. Place
the palm of your right hand on the greater
trochanter of the patient�??s left hip (or your left hand to patient�??s right hip). Extend your index finger to touch the anterior superior iliac crest and stretch the middle finger to form a V as far as possible along the iliac crest as you can reach (Beyea and Nicholl 1995).
If you have small hands you may have difficulty reaching
the iliac crest, so slide the palm of your hand up from the greater trochanter until you can reach the anterior superior iliac crest with your index finger (Covington and Trattler 1997). The needle should enter the gluteus medius muscle in the middle of the V at 90º. Typical volume is 1-4ml"
This is from a real nursing injection technique file… look:
http://www.sep.gob.mx/work/resources/LocalContent/97241/1/Skill_kythuattiemantoan.pdf
To the OP, if you dont get it from this lot, you never will - it helps a little to know what is and isn’t usually good to inject… i felt the general area i needed from the description and then - common sense…
Joe
[quote]Boxer666 wrote:
top right corner of right buttocks
lower it untill it is meaty enough for you to go straight in[/quote]
Awesome