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| Resting of the metabolic state of the body early in the morning after fasting for apx 12 hours. (inpatient) |
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| Most common complication of a phlebotomy. Hematoma |
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| When does Hemocontration occur? |
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| When the tourniquet is left on for more than a minute. |
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| A swelling or mass of blood (often clotted). Caused by blood leaking from a blood vessel during or following venipuncture |
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| How do you prevent a hematoma? |
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| Apply pressure in the site of venipuncture until the bleeding stops |
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| Tiny non-raised red spots that appear on the patient's skin when a tourniquet is applied. |
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| What does Petechiae indicate to the phlebotomist? |
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| That the venipuncture sit may bleed excessively or the tourniquet was applied too tight. |
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| Destroying the blood and is no longer whole. Typically caused when the specimen is vigorously mixed or too small of a needle was used. |
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| Swelling caused by an abnormal collection of fluid in the tissue. |
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| If a person is vomiting or begins to vomit during the procedure, what do you do? |
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- don't begin till vomiting subsides
- terminate immediately if they begin to vomit during a procedure |
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| Describing serum or plasma that appears milky (cloudy white) or turbid due to high lipid content. |
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| What is the one physiological barrier? |
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| What are 3 error sites that will affect plasma and serum collection. |
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| Burns, Tattoo's and Scars |
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| What do you do if a person has an IV? |
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| draw from the opposite limb |
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| Who can not collect arterial blood. |
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