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Do You Donate Blood?

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Do You Donate Blood?

  • Yes

    Votes: 35 61.4%

  • No

    Votes: 22 38.6%
  • Total voters
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Bucky Katt;620018; said:
Bastards. I don't know what the hell those nurses were doing last Thursday, but I now have a 5"x3" purple, brown, and yellow bruise in the crook of my elbow.

:pissed:
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Bruising and discoloration are typically the result of the patient/donor not applying pressure to the insertion point after the needle has been removed. The discoloring is your blood gushing out of your vein unabated.

It is suggested that you apply firm pressure for ~5 minutes after the needle has been extracted.
 
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scooter1369;620274; said:
Bruising and discoloration are typically the result of the patient/donor not applying pressure to the insertion point after the needle has been removed. The discoloring is your blood gushing out of your vein unabated.

It is suggested that you apply firm pressure for ~5 minutes after the needle has been extracted.
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I think they did a poor job getting the needle into the vein and the blood was exiting my vein, but not going into the needle.
 
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Bucky Katt;620835; said:
How does their shoddy workmanship make me a wimp? :pissed:

Don't you start with me, nursie. I've got a folder full of clown pictures with your name all over them. :sneaky:
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ok, ok, ok... i call a truce.. i'm really sorry that phlebotomist didn't have a clue what they were doing. :(
 
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