Today, at the very end of a very busy day, we held our first Phlebotomy Olympics, with awards ceremony (complete with musical accompaniment) at the end. I think that everyone was a little bit nervous (remember that learning to control those nerves will make you a better phlebotomist!), but we did see some excellent blood draws! See for yourself:
Friday, January 14, 2011
0114 Videos -- Butterfly and Dorsal Draws
There was a lot happening in the lab today, so I only caught a few dorsal draws... Here they are:
0114 Stills Blood Culture In-Class In-Service
Today Simone demonstrated the Blood Culture Procedure for the class and demonstrated how to transfer blood from a syringe to the blood culture bottles.
Here are some stills.
Here are some stills.
0113 (nearly) Flawless Butterflies...
With the addition of butterfly draws to their skill set, having all of the steps down for each device becomes very important. At the end of the day, after working on mocking their steps with winged infusion sets for the better part of an hour, students were challenged to perform them perfectly. Nearly everyone participated, and nearly every draw was perfect!
0113 Videos
We have been gradually branching out into blood draws with the butterfly needles (winged infusion sets) and today a number of students did their first draws with a butterfly! Other students worked on inpatient draws, which are a kind of obstacle course! Here are the videos.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Simone Selected as RTC Winter Quarter Employee of the Quarter!!!
Today, Simone was recognized as employee of the quarter for winter quarter at RTC!
Congratulations Simone!!! All that hard work seems to be paying off!
Congratulations Simone!!! All that hard work seems to be paying off!
0110 Blood Draws
Another busy day in the lab... I wasn't able to get everyone's blood draw today, but here are the ones that I did manage to capture.
Monday, January 10, 2011
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