Venipuncture Sites
What is the best vein to get blood from?
What is the median cubital vein?
The hand you used to anchor the vein.
What is your nondominant hand?
Not letting the alcohol wipe dry before you draw blood will give the pt...
What is hemolysis?
What is 1-2 mins?
The circumstances when a butterfly needle is necessary
What is the basillic vein, fragile veins, peds, and small veins?
Where is the preferred venipuncture site?
What is the antecubital fascia?
The way do you clean the blood draw site.
What is circumferential?
The two identifiers used when identifying a patient
What is the first, last name & DOB?
The tourniquet being on too long can cause ____
What is hemoconcentration?
The needle size that is not permitted
Do you go by what you see or what you feel?
What is the feeling of a vein?
The step you do immediately after taking the medial out.
This is needed from the patient before drawing their blood.
This is what is felt for when palpating?
What is the width, bounce, direction?
Another name for ETS
What is yes
The appropriate time to apply the TTN procedure.
What is done after the last tube is half full?
An important question to ask the patient before drawing their blood
What is being allergic to latex?
The rupturing of red blood cells
What is hemolysis?
The 3 systems for drawing blood.
What is the ETS, Butterfly, and Syringe?
What is blood going through surrounding tissue relaying a bruise
When do you know you are lumen to lumen when using a butterfly needle
What is the blood entering the hub?
This is done if the pt has a tendency to faint while getting their blood drawn?
What is laying them down?
The designated space to place the tourniquet
What is 3-5 inches?
Need to pull the plunger out 1/2 of the way and push forward to ___
What is pushing out all of the air?