blood draw...lots of blood!

[kittypupylove]

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[kittypupylove]

I'm so scared I'm 10 but just thinking of the needle gives me the chills how much will it hurt how long will it last help me someone I getting a bloodtest in 5 test I know the needle never hurts a lot but time after time I get scared

[raggerXX]

I had my first blood test a few weeks ago, I felt like i wanted to laugh through the whole thing it was so funny XD I dont even know why. 

[AirForceJROTCchick]

Thats not a lot of blood... the most I've drawn from a patient was 40 tubes.

[pris72]

I had 5 tubes drawn last week, and another 6 next week. Life with a rare disorder is oh so wonderful, isn't it?

[Brittydragon]

Could I use this video for future IH Awareness videos? 

[ty6789288]

I lost more blood on my, first ever, nosebleed yesterday. It took 35 min for it to stop.

[3mekia]

Sweetie first lesson learned in drawing blood TOURNIQUET 1 MINUTE OR LESS ! 

[1958boomergirl]

Twelve vials of blood had to be drawn in this procedure for a particular test that had to be done. Right? Hmmm. Does anybody else notice something wrong with that? Is it just me?? The idea of having 12 tubes of blood drawn all at once kind of freaks me out here. Anybody want to respond to this? :O

[decomposer31415]

That EDTA should be inverted, and your citrate tubes should be inverted NOT shaken vigorisly once or twice. And I am not to fond of your choice of site.

[hump5899]

wow how much blood do they want

[theothercrazo]

The most vials of blood I've had drawn in one sitting was 9. Tourniquet started to make my arm REALLY numb, purple, and sweaty after a while. They always use butterfly needles on me, since I have small veins and they seem to be less painful. Also, I have Factor V Leiden, too.

[pippie76]

I couldnt agree more, this was done so wrong, you aren't suppose to leave the needle by itself...

[ldleold]

The last blood work I had was with a needle like this, it hurt more than any other sick I have ever had including blood donations. Can shed any light on why this might have happened?

[xxstealerxx]

how much food did you eat after the draw? that looks like a lot of blood so i guess you ate a good amount after the draw. when i was donating blood in school, i ate a few brownies, though. they gave them out for free. :)

[Swift8760]

She did the wrong order of draw, and touched the site twice...

[ldleold]

Any blood draws done from me will be done with one stick. Their will not be multiple sticks on a single day, period..

[ldleold]

Any blood draws done from me will be done with one stick. Their will not be multiple sticks on a single day, period..

[chichilove88]

wow this is so wrong.. did it hurt?? because OMG !!

[illegalz]

she touched the site then went in? amongst all the other wrong things that occured.

[rsrobertoehi]

Just wondering, why are you not taking it from antecubital fossa?

[TheHeavyMetalJavi]

you know its a bad thing if they take more tubes....because that means they have to check more things that have or are wrong with you....a test for every concern of the doctor....haha .....the most ive gotten was three.....

[superspazse7en]

Tubes were drawn in an odd order. There were two red tubes drawn before the sodium citrate tube! She looked like she did an amazing job though inserting the butterfly. Those are nicer then the eclipse needles! :)

[mariconson9]

the tube should be lower that the arm to avoid a reflux back to the vein, it may be dangerous to the patient

[sexxyserge]

Sooooo the nurse drawing the blood is NOT EVEN Practicing good INFECTION CONTROL!!! coughing all over her gloves.. she probably added some more micro-organisms to her blood!!! GROSS I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR SOMEONE ELSE!

[banoonoo5]

its like a nightmare for me

once i took the bandage thing off to early and....

[cadymiller]

What is the point in having that much blood drawn?? I thought that they don't need much to test for stuff??

[drummasterxxx]

I believe they can only use one tube per test. So they are probably running many tests or looking gor several different stats for this person't blood.

[NaiF0560959342]

ماخليتي فيها دم

بعرف وش تسوي في كل هالعينات

[THP8THPS]

I had to have eight tubes drawn out of me a few years ago, because I suddenly had high blood pressure for no reason.

[Deel73]

is it ok for her to not hold the needle?

[sw33tsugarflame]

yes, it shouldn't come out

[chynnjms]

i had eight tubes todayyyy

[caregvr4u36]

very nice job!! I am currently going to school for medical assistant, and I am still learning how to draw blood!! I have already did 15 successful sticks, but theres always room for improvement!!!

[TheRyanStoneShow]

World's longest touriquet tie, 4 1/2 minutes?

[wendyXpeggyXpancho]

Shots freak me out!

[saxophoneman23]

Wow 12 tubes!

[QDP1096]

wtf their coughin and hackin when their drawin blood their doctors for crists sake

[singtheirelegy3]

Why the hell so many blue topped tubes?? Jesus!! The lab can get many blood tests out of ONE TUBE using a pipette for each blood test--and her inverting the tubes so agressively is bad procedure...WTF???!!!

[juliusceezar]

pretty brave wearing white scrubs! you must be good at blood draws =)

[MsGymnast77]

Do you have any advice on the fear of needles? I have to get my wisdom teeth out and I am scared to death of needles

[jrnbsc]

just suck it up is the easiest its not a scary thing its a little pin prick thats all scraping your knee hurts worse

[melfish01]

i understand your fear. trust me when I say its not bad at all! the first time i had blood drawn i had so much anxiety & almost left before the procedure. its all the fear of the unknown. i promise that once you go through it, you'll wonder what you were freaking out about.

[RubixKidCube]

@melfish01 yeah youll probably wonder what the heck you were freakin out for.... and probably never go near a needle again :D

[redbike2009]

@MsGymnast77 Imagine a mosquito connected to a straw.

[macdadydoo]

@MsGymnast77 A dogs bark is worst than its bite

[Sneadster]

i'm a nuclear med student. buuuut good god if i watched this happen to me, i'd-a passed out.

[PhlebChick09]

That was terrible! She inverted the tubes way too aggressively, left the tourniquet on too long, and totally ignored the order of draw. Hope your labs werent screwed up, cause all of those 3 things I listed can alter your lab results.

[allforhislov3]

i agree with you! She totally screwed everything up. the tourniquet was left on too long, the order of draw was wrong! your not suppose to screw up the order of draw because the additives can mix in the other tubes.

[sinders4]

ITs too bad she inverts those tubes to agressively, she would have almost been a good drawer.

[ButlerEMT7]

Do you have any advice on the fear of needles, because I am really scared of them and I need to get over the fear

[melfish01]

I understand your fear. Before I had a blood draw or IV I was terrified. I imagined the worst. Its the fear of the unknown. I can honestly say, it turned out to be no big deal at all.

[NightRanger77]

Stick a needle in, theres nothing to be afraid of, stop being a pussy and be afraid of something scarier, not a itty bitty piece of steel.

[SuperShakira20]

@ButlerEMT7 trust me your not the only one!!!!

[mkblondie23]

wow,,, thats all I can say, tourniquet left on for 4:25, she took the needle out while the tube was still in the assembly, and has many wonderful nasty droplets all over the exam glove she is using while in direct contact with the pt. The scary thing is that this is not a student but a working phlebotomist

[isisbenny404]

We were playing around in school, and hemoconcentration occurs at about 3:00. So yes i guess it was bad, but it is not so important unless you are doing a CBC on a patient. Personally I feel it is a nice jester not to squeeze the patients arm forever. Butterflies usually drip some blood after they are removed.

[lilpunfizz]

i agree not profeshional at all

[666Desolate999]

bloody hell,,i thought she was gonna draw the whole 9 pints out of her :)

[chelm109462]

very poor " order of draw "...

[drtgreatwhites]

I would faint!!

[jamiechristine03]

the person complaining about the phlebotomist is crackin me up! i get it, drawing blood is a big deal, but its not brain surgery, get a grip you make slightly above minimum wage. LOL!

[Drag0n92]

yummy!

[phleboedu]

I am hoping that who ever had to have this blood drawn is not expecting to have accurate results..very disappointing to learn that this phlebotomist does not release the tourniquet after 1 minute. NO tubes come before a light blue top tube (except Blood Cultures) and she mixed blues with purples. I'd have a redraw if you want accurate results. Poor phlebotomy skills shown here. This is how lawsuits happen.

[jmm121884]

stop complaining.

[phleboedu]

This obviously was not your blood draw, not your condition, not your line of work. This is my life, treating patients properly and giving the most accurate results as possible.

[jmm121884]

Funny. It is PART of my line of work. Accuracy is key when considering it could mean life or death. When they teach phleb they teach it the way you say... In the real world? Doesnt work like that. Keeping a tourniquet on less than 1 minute does not happen (especially my patients with <60 systolic bp). As for the tubes. yes, you shouldnt switch back to the same tube (higher instance of contam). Once you dc one its done. Why dont you educate and stop complaining.

[06CSher]

I was trained sun, sky, flowers, rocks on the grass. It looks like she did it right according how the Army trained me.

[anc8469]

I was diagnosed with Pseudotumor Cerebra when I was 12 and I'm now 15 and I've had 15 shunt surgeries and 30 spinal taps so far. They had me on diamox and I didn't do well on it. I mean it did what it was suppose to do. It took all the extra fluid off my optic nerves, but I lost like 20 pounds on it, so I looked kinda sick. They still don't know what caused mine and they just hope it will go away once I get out of my teen years, because this usually only happens to older women.

[awarenessdaytributes]

~ANYONE WHO'S DIAGNOSED WITH IDIOPATHIS PSEUDOTUMOR~ please get checked and treated for lyme disease! I got pseudotumor out of no where, have had 3 LP's with increased pressure, and am going on IV antiobiotics for a couple of months. I have not had a positive test but have other lyme symptoms. Please just possibly get treated if there is no other cause.

[IluvAandN]

Oh my thank goodness for Butterfly Needle's I love them. To me they hurt less I was born with Spina Bifida and have had my share of Blood draw's IV'S and so on the IV's hurt way more then the Blood drawing though. IV's are the one's that make me nervouse Blood drew it's like go ahead stick me.

[SEXYJONEL]

OMG GIRL I KNOW WHAT U R GOING THROW I HAVE HAD Pseudotumor Cerebri FOR 5YRS THEY DID ALL THESE TEST AND THEY HAVE DONE 58LPS AND THEY PUT IN A LP SHUNT WITCH DIDENT WORK FOR NOTING SO THEY TOOK IT OUT AND WELL I HAVE BEEN TO EVERY DOCTOR ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THEY JUST DONT KNOW WHAT 2 DO I AM IN COSNEST PAIN 24/7

I WANT TO GET BETTER PRAY EVERY NITE HOPING 1 DAY I COULD GO WITH OUT PAIN

[Jonasbrofan2008]

GOD I had to do this morning 8 tubes! and I was fasting.....A 15 year old should not ever do this! and maybe tomorrow I have to do it again!

[CanadiAnnie]

I have had 2 spinal taps, but due to my blood clotting disorder FVL- and my being on coumadin, they won't do any more taps, and I can't get a shunt. FRUSTRATING!

[CanadiAnnie]

I was dx'd with pseudotumor cerebri in November 2001, I also have a left saggital sinus thrombosis, & a blood coagulation disorder called FVL- Factor V Leiden.

I'll be on coumadin for life & need many blood draws. It's getting increasingly difficult for them to find a vein. Sometimes they have to poke me 3, 4, 5 even 6 times.

I'm also on diamox (acetazolamide) 250mg 3 x daily.

[Zaryo33]

is the tourniquet still on? cuz thats more than a minute causin hemaconcetration

[hbomb2704]

i think i now have low pressure and they arent doing anything and the..symptoms..are...SCARY

[hbomb2704]

they didnt even try diamonx for me. i have a shunt and it SuCKS!

[Dking620]

My God, possible nerve damage via tourniquet. Hemolyzed blood sample. Jeez Lady.

[melfish01]

the lab result papers indicated no hemolysis...if that means anything. i actually work in veterinary medicine & the laboratory we use (antech) will note hemolysis on the lab report. don't know if the same goes for human medicine.

[AirForceJROTCchick]

@Dking620 Hemoconcentration will most likely occur but damn i agree with u! That tourniquet needs to stay on no longer than a minute!

[gameshowguy2000]

I've heard that you do blood draws for your cholesterol and glucose, is that right? Is that exactly the same thing you test for at a physical at the doc's office (or, as some have told me, to test for tuberculosis)?

[bjbehrens]

YOu might want to be tested for a clotting disorder. After the diamox was unsuccessful and caused it's own problems a close friend now takes Topamax and has not had her previous biannual lumbar punctures in 3 years since she has been taking the Topamax and found that she had a clotting disorder. She also no longer needs to deal with the Diamox! It's nice for her to be able to drink carbonated beverages again. She had already had 16 LPs while on Diamox!

[melfish01]

if you read the info, this blood draw was to test for a clotting disorder. Topamax does NOT decrease intracranial hypertension - it is a migraine prevention medication (or at least that is the manufacturer's intended use). diamox and topamax have 2 different purposes. i've been on diamox for 8 months now and i've been improving. as for carbonated beverages...i'm actually happy to be forced to not drink them anymore.

[dooplissking95]

i had a cholesterol test today and they only had to draw 2 tubes

[DaigurenHynomaru]

wow

[washbootie]

I was diagnosed with PTC in 2001. The severity of my case progressed in several months what a normal dianosis takes several years to get to. After an optic sheath fenestration and icky spinal taps didn't help, I made the decision to put in a VP Shunt. Best decision I ever made. Sorry for my rambling! Good luck to you!!

[melfish01]

thanks for sharing. luckily i've been on medication and have had slight improvement. i've only had 1 lumbar puncture (when diagnosed), so as long as my symptoms don't worsen, i should be able to avoid having another. as of right now, they don't suggest that i have a shunt placed.

[shay7shay77]

I have PTC also! I was diagnosed in 2005. I get like 8 spinal taps a year, and I don't think that the diamox is working!

[melfish01]

gosh! i thought having one lumbar puncture was enough...can't imagine having that many! i actually cried when i had mine done - it was that painful. hopefully your doctors can get you on the right track soon.

[Smurfberry36]

In the UK we have tourniquets that release but can be made tighter after your release them. They are not the old fashioned rubber ones like you have in the states. We routinely take over 12 tubes on patients as they are on various types of treatment, so if we had to do it in steps we would be doing it several times on many, many patients!

[anime2192]

gahhhh how can u tell if u have this??

does it have anything to do with how fast the blood comes out...

coz my blood came out pretty much like hers

but i also hadn't had anything to drink for 10 hours so....

gahhh

[cowgrlup06]

This draw was done so wrong. It should have been done in steps instead of one long draw.

[melfish01]

my arm thanks her for doing it with one poke ;)

[siafulinux]

@cowgrlup06 *wonders if when donating blood it's done in steps or one long draw*?

[Adsnell2004]

A. Blood becomes stagnant if the tourniquet is on longer than 1 minute

b. why did she stick the whole needle in her, that is very risky

[Smurfberry36]

in theory should could have removed the tourniquet and still been successfully able to continue getting blood. There is no need to have to do it in steps.You are saving the patient a needle, and at the end of the day would you want it done that way?

[anc8469]

I as daignosed when I was 12 back in 2004. They tried diamox but it didn't help. So they had to put a shunt in my lower back to drain the fluid. I've had about 13 surgeries since.

[Santeria1309]

Hey...diagnoised with PTC 2000 (or was it 1999) anyways...brought back lots of memories seeing the video...did you happen to catch oprah with the gastric bypass surgery? anyways good luck with everything

[AngelicaBloodcup]

I have PTC too. (diagnosed in 2001) I know what you have (and will) go through. I wish you well. (and OUCH!!, i hated all the poking and prodding.) And spinal taps suck (but the pressure is released, so eh...)

[trlgirlrox]

She's not doing it right. You're not supposed to puch the needle all the way in, you should do it only half way because it put pressure on the vein!

[philjess03]

OMFG she had the tourniquet on for 4mins & 23secs Im surprised the arm didnt fall off during the procedure.... ouchy!