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Phlebotomy Essentials

6th Edition

ISBN:9781451194524

Author:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)

Publisher:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)

Chapter1: Phlebotomy: Past And Present And The Healthcare Setting

Section: Chapter Questions

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You are out work in the yard when you hear your neighbor screaming for help. She runs out into the front porch with a dish towel soaked in blood wrapped around her wrist. She tells you she was moving her glass-top coffee table when the glass cracked and sliced into her wrist. You remove the towel to inspect the injury and note bright red blood spurting from the wound.

1.Would you consider the bleeding to be severe?

2. How would you manage the bleeding?

3.If you fail to control the bleeding, what steps would you take next?

4. What signs and symptoms would heighten your suspicion that the patient is going into shock?

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