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A Phlebotomist's Story...
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Being The BEST!
by Lon, MT ***
Before becoming a Medical Technologist (MT), I worked as a phlebotomist in a large San Francisco Medical Center from 1980 to 1986. Back then we were officially called "lab aids" which turned out to be a poor choice of terms as the AIDS problem surfaced. Nurses generally referred to me as "the lab" or "the lab boy". Patients had the same old names for us then as today (I won't list them as you know them all too well). It was a tough job and we were always chronically understaffed. Don't worry, this is not another phlebotomy horror story (unfortunately us older laboratorians have so many of them).
Except for various safety devices that were added recently, the techniques and equipment of phlebotomy has remained basically unchanged. And although the clinical laboratory has enjoyed major technological advancements in specimen analysis in the last 30 years the human skill and touch of a phlebotomist remains unmatched by any machine or automated device.
Today as it was in the early years, the phlebotomists' most important tools remain their eye-hand coordination and wits to obtain a blood specimen. Such skill and mental toughness enables the phlebotomist to negotiate an infinite combinations of situations including the patient's psychological and or physiological conditions. As most of us know, phlebotomists must also maintain their own positive mental state at all times.
Watch this video of a phlebotomist drawing blood from a vein like there's nothing to it.
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ATTENTION: Please realize that this video (published form YouTube using YouTube code) is NOT HERE TO TEACH you phlebotomy techniques, but merely to show you different scenarios of the phlebotomist's daily routine. The video may contain techniques, or procedures that do not conform to proper, and safe venipuncture protocol. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. If you spot errors share your tip how to do better here! Remember to add which video it was.
Dealing With Different PeopleEach and every patient must be treated kindly, respectfully and professionally no matter how tired the phlebotomist is from helping previous difficult and or even abusive patients. Fatigue, aching back, ringing ears (from screaming kids), etc. must all be set aside as the next patient is greeted with a smile and friendly hello, all the while following intricate operating procedures to the letter.
Each hour I would scurry about the 8 floor building to collect timed specimens while being paged to draw STATs along the way. It seemed to me that I had the toughest job in the hospital as I really had to hustle and occasionally stretched the rules of safety to get the job done. There's one story about a fellow phlebotomist that is applicable here but I best leave it untold as it is so tragic.
Through it all though I came away with a positive experience as my efforts contributed to helping people. But the work that the MT's performed looked so much easier than what I was doing and they were paid over double. I finally decided that was the job for me and I have no regrets.
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About the Author: Lon is an experienced Medical Technologist (MT) who has worked many years as a phlebotomist. In his spare time he enjoys researching interesting topics and writing about them.
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