I think you should prepare the skin by wiping it by iodine in circular motion then use alcohol swap .. you are invading an artery .. in this case the risk for infection is high .
moreover in case of air bubbles inside the syringe this will effect on the result so you should use rubber stopper ..
yrangelion(Sunday 18th of October 2009 12:12:52 PM)
i had one of these done yesterday coz i have pneumonia, the Dr missed the first time with me it's not the end of the world and it probs happens to the most eperienced Dr at some point too, hope your rotation isn't going that bad xx
StarChildElven(Wednesday 14th of October 2009 07:33:13 PM)
you cant really see whats going on due to the box at the bottom of the screen. Also, if you miss you are supposed to pull out all the way, not keep the needle in and move it around... unless he did pull out all the way, idk it was hard to see. other than that it was a helpful
di55illu5ioned(Tuesday 29th of September 2009 01:49:29 PM)
I suffer with chronic/acute pancreatitis and thought I'd have a look to see why they do blood gases when I go into hospital. This guy pulls out when he misses at first and seems to have difficulty getting it second time round! As it is quite painful I'm surpised the student didnt "chin" him! Scared me, I cringe everytime I think agout it!