what four muscles are commonly used for intramuscular injections
Intramuscular (also IM or im) injection is the injection of a substance directly into a muscle.In medicine, it is one of several alternative methods for the administration of medications (see route of administration). It is used for particular forms of medication that are administered in small volumes.ntramuscular injections are often given in the deltoid muscle of the arm, the vastus lateralis muscle of the leg, and the ventrogluteal and dorsogluteal muscles of the buttocks. The ventrogluteal site is recommended for medications known to be irritating, viscous or oily and, along with the deltoid site, for adults.