Effect of Vibration and ShotBlocker on Pain and Fear Levels During Intramuscular Injection in Children in the Emergency Department

The vibration device was operated for 30 seconds with reference to previous studies. While the vibration continued, the nurse with a needle.Then, the vibration device continued to work in the waiting phase for 10 seconds. The vibration device was removed from routine intramuscular Injection procedure.

The protruding surface of the Shotblocker was placed on the procedure site. While applying pressure on the skin through the Shotblocker, the nurse performed with the needle through the opening in the center of the Shotblocker. During the 10-second waiting phase, the Shotblocker was kept at the procedure site with the same pressure. Then Shotblocker was removed from the skin and routine capillary intramuscular injection procedure was performed.