Phlebotomy students begin live training
The Northeastern Technical College classroom seemed warmer and quieter than usual as concentration and trust builds among the students during the right of passage of phlebotomy – the live stick.
NETC Instructor Bridget Graham sat between Davis and Williams coaching them along the process. Before switching to the hot seat, Williams, who is recertifying, properly drew blood on the first try from Davis, who is new to the procedure.
"Right there. There is the vein. It's a good one. Can you feel it?" Graham asked Davis, who touched Williams' arm just below the crook of her arm. Graham asked her students why they can't search for a vein with their thumbs.
"Thumbs have a pulse," they said.
With butterfly syringe ready and coil properly gripped, Davis aimed the needle for Williams' vein; Williams took a breath.
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