2007-02-10 08:46:29 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Phlebotomist. It's a good career and can lead to a higher level of medicine like dialysis or pathology. I love being a phlebotomist because it's a challenge to find the vein and draw the blood without causing pain to the patient.Good luck in your endeavors.
2007-02-10 08:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by gabeymac♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phlebotomy is the act of puncturing a vein to collect blood either for testing or transfusion. It is a skill employed by physicians and many professionals in allied health fields, including nurses, medical assistants, and clinical laboratory scientists. Health care is a rapidly expanding industry, and a new professional, the certified phlebotomist, helps to reduce the workload of doctors and nurses by focusing exclusively on blood collection, particularly in hospitals and blood drives.
Phlebotomists collect blood primarily by performing venipuncture and, for collection of minute quantities of blood, fingersticks. Blood may be collected from infants by means of a heel stick or from scalp veins with a butterfly needle. Occasionally, they are required to collect arterial blood.
Phlebotomists do not administer drugs or fluids intravenously or give intramuscular or subcutaneous injections. These tasks must be performed by doctors OR nurses. Phlebotomists sometimes perform other tasks as required such as urine collection and testing. In the United States, a phlebotomist is paid competitively.
2007-02-10 08:49:59 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phlebotomist., but if you want to draw the blood and run the test on it thats a med tech
2007-02-10 08:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by gagesmomm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phlebotomist.
2007-02-10 08:50:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a person that draws blood is called a phlebotomist I always thought of going into that field. i went for cna.
2007-02-10 08:54:08 · answer #5 · answered by katana b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phlebotomist.
2007-02-10 08:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Phlebotomist.
2007-02-10 08:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by ArmyChica87 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The occupation is phlebotomy and the one who performs it is a phlebotomist. We once had one who came from Transylvania, I kid you not.
2007-02-10 08:52:04 · answer #8 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called Phlebotomists
2007-02-10 08:52:12 · answer #9 · answered by RICK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something called "blood bank" or Phelobotomist (I forgot if this is the name). At least that is what my dad studied but with alot of other majors in medicine.
2007-02-10 08:48:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋