I never get to nerd out about bloodwork enough! I used to be a phlebotomist, studied biomedical science at uni and still work in path lab adjacent fields (although virology was my main passion).
Science is so cool! I used to be super freaked out by needles but I had to start giving them to myself and this has made things a lot easier I guess. I still can’t look when they draw blood though.
I trained to be an EMT and the unit where we had to give each other saline injections almost failed me.
To train as a phlebotomist meant having to practice on our colleagues which meant needing to offer up your own arm when the time came to train newbies. I was kind of the perfect subject as im sufficiently pale with big enough veins that you don’t even need to identify the good ones by touch…
I never get to nerd out about bloodwork enough! I used to be a phlebotomist, studied biomedical science at uni and still work in path lab adjacent fields (although virology was my main passion).
Science is so cool! I used to be super freaked out by needles but I had to start giving them to myself and this has made things a lot easier I guess. I still can’t look when they draw blood though.
I trained to be an EMT and the unit where we had to give each other saline injections almost failed me.
To train as a phlebotomist meant having to practice on our colleagues which meant needing to offer up your own arm when the time came to train newbies. I was kind of the perfect subject as im sufficiently pale with big enough veins that you don’t even need to identify the good ones by touch…