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Basic
Selecting the site
Special precautions
Procedures
Step By Step
100
An individual trained to collect blood samples
What is a phlebotomist
100
The antecubital area
What is the most common are to do a venipuncture
100
Being aware that any patient may be a carrier of an infectious disease
What is Universal precautions
100
How far you apply tourniquet above draw site
What is 2 inches
100
What step do you apply the tourniquet
What is step 2
200
Identifying the patient
What is the most important step
200
A vein that feels hard and cord like that should be avoided
What is Sclerosis
200
When do you have to hold the skin down taut so the vein does not roll
What is with a geriatric patient
200
Can cause blood collection errors
What is the vacuum being insufficient
200
Using the thumb of the hand you are not sticking with
What is anchoring the vein
300
The needle must not touch anything
What is keeping the needle sterile
300
The largest and best anchored vein
What is median cubital vein
300
Type of of needle used to puncture hand
What is a butterfly needle
300
Saying you may feel a pinch now
What is reminding the patient to stay still
300
bruising or discoloration caused by blood seeping beneath the skin
What is ecchymosis
400
Bevel up 30 degree angle
What is proper stick angle
400
What will help you determine veins size, depth and direction
What is Palpating
400
Causes a burning sensation for the patient
What is doing a stick before the alcohol dries
400
Number of attempts you try getting blood
What is company policy
400
a bloody mass that forms when blood seeping underneath the skin remains localized to the immediate area.
What is a hemotoma
500
The arm should not be bent at the elbow
What is patient positioning
500
Never selecting an arm that swollen
What is edematous
500
Cleaning the site using inward/outward motions
What is concentric cirlcles
500
a special light that can be used to find a vein
What is a venoscope
500
backflow in to the veins
What is venous reflux