Hi! First of all good luck with your course! Remember to take your learning as slow as you need to to be prepared for your skills and that everything comes with practice! The more you can practice sticks the more you will feel comfortable doing them! Our videos should help you get a good running start before your course!
That can definitely be one con to pinching the wings together as you poke. It is possible to adjust to see flash with this hold with practice. We teach multiple methods in our course. This instructor prefers to hold the wings because she feels it gives her more control of the needle. There are alternative ways to hold the butterfly set that will allow you to see flash better! We absolutely support using whatever method makes you feel most the comfortable in your venipuncture!
They are definitely bigger! Donation needles are typically a 16 or 17 gauge needle in order to allow a larger volume of blood or plasma to be taken/returned in a reasonable amount of time.
Hello, any tips for someone who plans to start a phlebotomy course in a month?
Hi! First of all good luck with your course! Remember to take your learning as slow as you need to to be prepared for your skills and that everything comes with practice! The more you can practice sticks the more you will feel comfortable doing them! Our videos should help you get a good running start before your course!
Tell me if I'm wrong? I was not too squeeze the butterfly because you won't see the flash?
That can definitely be one con to pinching the wings together as you poke. It is possible to adjust to see flash with this hold with practice. We teach multiple methods in our course. This instructor prefers to hold the wings because she feels it gives her more control of the needle. There are alternative ways to hold the butterfly set that will allow you to see flash better! We absolutely support using whatever method makes you feel most the comfortable in your venipuncture!
What about the type used when collecting blood for donation. I remember the type used on me then was like a hose😂
They are definitely bigger! Donation needles are typically a 16 or 17 gauge needle in order to allow a larger volume of blood or plasma to be taken/returned in a reasonable amount of time.