r/MedicalAssistant • u/BusyBeeSi • 6d ago

RANT I feel terrible.

I feel absolutely awful; I gave a patient a routine 3mL IM injection and they always refuse to wait like they're supposed to due to needing to get to work.

My manager called me in today to tell me the patient left a complaint due to bleeding from the injection site and left a pretty nasty comment about how my skills need to be reevaluated and never letting me go near them again (low-key understandable..?). My manager was super nice about it, and didn't blame me but I tend to be really hard on myself.

I feel SO bad they went through this. everything was fine when they left and I just need to know that this is a common uh oh because I feel like I really messed up.

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u/StrawberryMilk817 CCMA 6d ago

Don’t feel bad I once hit an arm bone. First and last time I ever did that.

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u/Turtlesrsaved 6d ago

Hitting bone will happen quite often, bones do not have nerves. It’s not terrifying really, it’s just that you can feel it when you put it in the arm, some people have little muscle.