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55 Cards in this Set
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Order of draw |
Yellow lt blue red green lavender grey |
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Methods of phlebotomy |
Winged infusion (butterfly) syringe vacutainer |
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Veins for phlebotomy |
Cephalic, basilic, median basilic and cephalic, supplementary cephalic, median ante brachial vein |
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Commonly preferred vein for phlebotomy |
Cephalic |
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Least preferred vein for phlebotomy |
Basilic |
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Why is the basilic vein least preferred |
Connected to mammary vein damage can hinder lactation in the future |
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Yellow tube is for |
Culture no additive |
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Lt blue tube is for |
Coagulation tests container anticoagulant |
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What are some complications that occur with phlebotomy |
Convulsions hematoma hemolysis fainting no blood or syncope/fear |
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What does hematocrit test for |
Anemia |
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What's the male normal value for hematocrit |
42-52% |
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What's the normal value of female hematocrit |
36-45% |
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What's the normal value for ESR |
0-20mm |
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What does the ESR test for |
It tests for inflammation mainly arthritis |
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What is the normal value of glucose |
70-120mg/dL |
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What color is gram positive |
Color change to purple |
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What color is gram negative |
Color change to pink or red |
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What's the normal value of RBC |
4-5 million |
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Red tube is for |
Chemistry has serum separator |
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What's the normal value for WBC |
4-11,000 |
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Normal value of platelets |
150,000-400,000 |
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What does the PTT or partial thromboplastin time test for |
Hemophilia normal value is 20-40 secs |
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What does the PT or prothrombin time test for |
How well you clot normal value is 10-13 secs |
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What are your electrolytes |
Ca- calcium Cl- chloride K-potassium Na-sodium BUN- blood urea nitrogen Cr- creatinine |
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Chemistry normal values |
Ca-8-10mg/dL Cl-98/106mmol/L K-3-5mmol/L Na-135-145 BUN-7-18mg/dL Cr-.2-.8mg/dL |
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Hemoglobin tests for what |
How much oxygen in blood |
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Blood glucose tests for what |
How much glucose in your blood |
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What virus is the mono test testing for |
Epstein Barr virus |
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How do you collect a strep test |
In a figure 8 swap of throat |
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Green tube is for |
Special chemistry |
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Why is gram staining done |
To identify strains of bacteria based on biochemical differences |
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Sign is |
Objective see or observe |
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Symptom |
Subjective feel or observe |
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Normal oral temp |
98.6 |
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Normal tympanic temp |
98.6 |
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Normal axillary temp |
97.6 |
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Normal rectal temp |
99.6 |
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Afebrile |
No fever |
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Labile |
Fluctuating temp |
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What terms mean with fever or elevated temp |
Hyperthermia pyrexia and febrile |
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Lavender tube is for |
Hematology contains edta |
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Normal value for your pulse |
60-80b/min |
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Normal value for heart rate |
60-100b/min |
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Normal value for your respiration rate |
12-20 b/min or 16-20b/min |
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What's the ideal BP |
120/80 |
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What's the average adult max BP |
130/90 |
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What is he normal value range for BP |
90/60 - 140/90 |
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Calculation to convert C to F |
C times 9 divided by 5 plus 32 |
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Calculation to convert F to C |
F minus 32 times 5 divided by 9 |
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What gauge needle do u you use for butterfly and why |
23 gauge and it's for small veins and pediatrics |
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Why do we use syringe for phlebotomy |
When there is concern veins might collapse |
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What gauge is common for vacutainer |
20-21 gauge |
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What is the benefit of vacutainer blood draw |
You can withdrawal multiple tubes |
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What places can we not draw blood from |
Burns scars bruising (petechiae) edema hematoma iv sites and mastectomy side |
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Why don't you draw blood from the mastectomy side |
It damages circulation to the mastectomy healing site |
