Phlebotomy, lec 1 Flashcards
What is phlebotomy?
It is the process of collecting blood through veins by using incision or puncture methods.
What is the use of phlebotomy?
To draw blood for analysis or as part of therapeutic or diagnostic measures under the physician’s request
From the first to present, what is the timeline of phlebotomy?
- Stone Age
- 1400 BC
- Hippocrates
- Middle Ages
- 17 and 18th century
- Present
What did the stone age contribute to phlebotomy?
Crude tools to cut vessels and drain blood from the body
What did 1400 BC contribute to phlebotomy?
Ancient Egyptians and “bloodletting”
What did Hippocrates contribute to phlebotomy?
A person’s health dependent on the balance of four humors
What did the middle ages contribute to phlebotomy?
Barber-surgeons performed bloodletting
What did the 17th and 18th century contribute to phlebotomy?
Phlebotomy as a major therapy?
What did the present day contribute to phlebotomy?
Fundamental diagnostic tool in the healthcare industry today
What is cupping?
Application of special heated suction cups on the patient’s skin and the incision is made using a flea/lancet.
It helps ease pain, inflammation, or other health-related concerns.
Cupping
What is the process of leeching?
It involved placing a drop of milk of blood on the patient’s skin and introducing Hirudo medicinalis to the site.
It is currently used for microsurgical replantation
leeching
What are the main goals of phlebotomy?
Diagnosis and treatment
Transfusion (Blood donor)
Therapeutic Phlebotomy
What are the two main methods in phlebotomy?
Venipuncture (through the veins)
Capillary punction (through the skin)
