General Phlebotomy
This person is a specialist in drawing blood.
What is a phlebotomist?
The pneumonic used to remember the order of draw.
What is "Suzie Blue Snores Great Loud Gasps"?
These are the 3 blood drawing systems.
What are vacutainer, needle/syringe, and butterfly?
This is what QNS means.
What is quantity not sufficient?
These types of patients cannot have a venipuncture on a specific arm (must list a minimum of 2).
What are patients with a mastectomy, burned tissue, scar tissue, IV site, dialysis shunt?
The first thing a CCMA does if they get stuck with a needle!
What is wash the injured area?
This test is completed first in the correct order of draw.
What are blood cultures?
This is the type of blood used to measure chemistry tests.
What is serum?
This is the correct medical term for small hemorrhages that appear on the skin because of a tourniquet that is left in place too long.
What is petechiae?
These are the two cleansing agents used when drawing blood cultures.
What is iodine and chlorhexidine?
The most common vein used for drawing blood.
What is the median cubital?
A patient is ordered a CBC, FBS, and Liver Profile. This is the tube colors in the correct order of draw.
What is SST, Lavender, and Gray?
This is how long a tourniquet is left on a patient.
What is 1 minute?
This is the correct medical term for "broken blood cells". This happens as a result of leaving a tourniquet on too long or shaking the blood tubes after drawing.
What is hemolysis?
These are the two types of blood culture samples that must be drawn.
What are anerobic and aerobic?
The location of the body where blood draws commonly occur.
What is the antecubital fossa?
The patient is ordered to have tubes drawn that have additives of sodium citrate, EDTA, and green. What is the correct order of draw for these tubes?
What is blue, green, and lavender?
This is when a CCMA labels the blood tubes.
What is after the blood draw?
This happens to lab values after hemolysis and hemoconcentration.
What is "falsely elevated"?
This is what the CCMA does FIRST after piercing the person's finger in a capillary puncture.
What is wipe away the first drop?
Two forearm veins (other than the most common) that are used to draw blood.
What are the basilic and cephalic veins?
This is the additive in the pale yellow tube used for blood cultures.
What is SPS?
The CCMA is completing an alcohol blood test on a patient. This is the correct cleansing agent used for this procedure.
What is chlorhexidine?
Two part answer:
1. This is the correct medical term for an infection in the vein.
2. This is the correct medical term for passing out.
What is phlebitis and syncope?
This is what PKU stands for.
What is phenylketonuria?