0202 Saturday Session Videos

We had 10 students again at this week's Saturday Session. (Right on phlebotomists!)
We are still awaiting delivery of our butterfly needles, so today we reviewed ETS, syringe and lancet (capillary) draws. Simone also did in-services on the procedures, which we will be performing PERFECTLY for credit on Wednesday after the final. Remember, with the procedures, it's all or nothing, so review all four of them thoroughly!

Real Men Wear Pink! (If it's a Hello Kitty Bandage, that is....)

How can you coax a fellow student to pair with you for a blood draw? Sevda had the right idea, offering Hello Kitty bandages with every draw. Obviously Karan was quite taken with the idea as he lined up repeatedly to be drawn! (At last count, he had three: A/C, dorsal and capillary.) Sure they look good on, but what's he going to tell his buddies later this weekend?

Saturday Session Snack Sponsors: Rachel R-C and Sevda!

Our Saturday session snacks were sponsored by Rachel R-C and Sevda! Thank you both for the donuts, creamer and cookies! M-m-m-m-m good! (Karan is just in the photo to help "enhance" it!)

Tying One On with Johnny and Dot (First Aid!)

The students finished up their CPR and first aid training today with first aid. In addition to scenarios, the students learned to tie arm slings. Here's how it looked:

The Hat Pin Story and Open Mic Warm-Up Meeting Videos

 The link below goes to a couple of videos that came out of the recent Diversity Meeting.

The next meeting will take place in our phlebotomy classroom (B-206) on next Friday, February 10th, for a practice session. Meanwhile, you can relive the stories shared at the first planning meeting.


The Hat Pin Story - Jackie Terrell and the Open Mic Warm-Up Meeting

0203 A few AM draws in the lab...

Today we had Johnny and Dot visit the class to finish up the CPR/First Aid training. We only had time for draws before 8 AM, so it was definitely a case of the early bird getting the worm! Matt drew me today (thanks for filming us Elsa!) and did a great job. We have just two class days left and no one has come forward for a wall-of-fame draw! (successfully draw Simone's A/C with the ETS system).

...just sayin'...

Without further ado, here are today's draws.

Today's Snack Sponsor: Grace!

Grace brought in a generous supply of senbei (a Japanese rice cracker snack) and three pounds of coffee! Thank you Grace!
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02012012 Videos Syringe Draws!

Due to a lab mix-up, all of our available butterfly needles were used, leaving us syringe draws for today's in-service.

Here are today's draws:

01312012 Video

There was a lot going on today and I only ended up with one draw. Here it is, of Rachel drawing Matt:

01302012 Student Activities (Butterflies and CPR Stills)

01302012 CPR/First Aid with Johnny and Dot Begins Today

Snow may have delayed our start, but we got to try our hand at CPR today for the first time.

Here are a couple of videos of Johnny and Dot's class. (I hope to add more video later...)

0130 Food Subsidies Continue to Phlebotomy Program -- Hooray!

Generous donors contributed cookies and milk today for the Phlebotomy Coffee Program! I think that we've got the main nutritious food groups covered so far, donuts, cookies, chocolate, coffee and milk! Thank you Grace and Carmen!

0130 Video Butterfly Needles with In-Service

Today we continued (from the Saturday Session) with butterfly needle blood draws. Simone did a couple of in-services for those who couldn't make it in on Saturday and I have included one here. Please watch everyone's draw and try to learn from others' errors. If you can correct mistakes before your next draw, you'll become a stronger, more confident phlebotomist! (Tomorrow will be more of the same. Blood draws from 7 to 8 if you can make it, followed by CPR and First Aid)

01302012 Stills (Butterfly Practice)

Following on from our Saturday Session over the weekend, Simone came to class early to have students practice their butterfly draws. Here are some photos from this morning's session.