Equipment
Many people think its specific to a "baby needle" but it really just describes the handle
What is a butterfly?
It's what happens when you shake that sample "like a poloroid picture"
What is hemolysis?
This abbreviated additive is commonly in lavender
What is EDTA
They invented the resonator guitar
Who is National Guitar?
it would be my first choice for a site to draw "gasses"
What is the Radial Artery?
What is venipuncture chair or exam table
This is the most important consideration when choosing the needle to use for venipuncture
What is size and condition of the vein?
This tube additive is responsible for most all carryover contamination
What is EDTA?
He was the rhythm guitar and front man for "the only band that matters"
Who was Joe Strummer?
These little sacs are where gas exchange happens in the lungs
What are alveoli?
It's how the size of a needles lumen is measured
What is the gauge?
It's the blood test that tells how well your respiratory system is working
What are Arterial Blood Gasses?
It comes in gold topped tubes and separates out serum, or maybe it's Black Flag's record label
What is SST?
This is the graphic novel series that inspired the Keanu Reeves movie, Constantine
What is Hellblazer?
If you put these two "blood fluids" side by side, you couldn't tell them apart by looking
What are serum and plasma?
When you can't see a vein, and you can't feel a vein, you may want to give one of these a try
What is a vein finder or transluminator?
Taking the tube from the centrifuge too soon would be an example of this kind of error
What is a pre-analytical error?
When it's not in a toothpaste tube, it's in a grey-topped tube?
What is Sodium Flouride?
This law tells us how things should be in the lab
What is CLIA '88
It's floppy vessels carry mostly water and "stuff"
What is the Lymphatic System?
they're made of steel and really sharp, the earliest phlebotomists used them
What is a fleen?
When a doctor wants to see this fluid, they'll order a Lumbar Puncture (LP)
What is CSF
If you needed coags, a CBC and a BMP you would use these tubes in this order
What is light blue top, green top and lavender top?
What is the Fender Telecaster?
It's the "jacket" on the outside of blood vessels
What is the Tunica Adventitia?