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Understanding Phlebotomy Flashcards

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Act of opening a vein by using incision or puncture methods to draw blood for analysis or as part of therapeutic or diagnostic measures under the physician’s request

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Phlebotomy or Venesection

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It means vein

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Phlebos

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It means cut

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Tome

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Used crude tools to cut vevssels and drain from the body

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Stone Age

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Phlebotomy was a form of Bloodletting

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Ancient Egyptians (1400 BC)

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Phlebotomomy: Balance of the four humors, removing the excess by bloodletting

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Hippocrates (460-377 BC)

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Phlebotomy was used to treat illness and performed by barber-surgeons

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Middle Ages

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Plebotomy was treated as a major therapy

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17th and 18th Century

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Four Humors

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Earth
Air
Fire
Water

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Earth

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Blood and Brain

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Air

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Phlegm and Lungs

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Fire

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Black Bile and Spleen

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Water

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Yellow Bile and Gall Bladder

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Application of special heated suction cups on the patient’s skin

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Cupping

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15
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Incisions are performed using what in cupping?

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Fleam or Lancet

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16
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Also known as Hirudotherapy

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Leeching

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17
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Scientific name for leeches

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Hirudo Medicinalis

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What does leeches have that improve bloodflow?

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  1. Local Vasodilator Anasthetic
  2. Hirudin which is an anticoagulant
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Roles of Phlebotomist

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  1. Diagnosis
  2. Transfusion
  3. Removal of Blood
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20
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Treatment using blood samples

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Diagnosis

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21
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Remove blood at the donor center

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Transfusion

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22
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Removal of blood

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For polycythemia or therapeutic purposes

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Puncture that inserts needle in a vein

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Venipuncture

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A punture that usually just punctures the skin

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Capillary Puncture

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Credentials

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  1. Certification
  2. Licensure
  3. Continuing Education
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Patient-Cliant Interaction

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  1. Reassuring and pleasant
  2. Able to communicate well
  3. Maintain positive customer relations
  4. Understand the diversity of the patients and be able to adjust accordingly
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Qualities of Professionalism

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  1. Professional Appearance
  2. Self-Confidence
  3. Integrity
  4. Compassion
  5. Self-Motivation
  6. Dependability
  7. Ethical Behavior
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Communication in the Health Care Setting

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  1. Verbal Communication
  2. Nonverbal communication
  3. Active Listening
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Body motion and language (kinesic slip)

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Study of an individual’s concept and use of spac e

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Zone of comfort

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Impression of a phlebotomist

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Appearance

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Patients respon faborably to a caring touch

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Elements in Healthcare Communication

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  1. Empathy
  2. Control
  3. Respect
  4. Confirmation
  5. Trust
34
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With permanent impatient beds; 24-hour nursing service; and managed by an organized medical team

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2 Major Divisions of a Hospital

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  1. Anatomical and Surgical Pathology Area
  2. Clinical Analysis Area
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Clinical Analysis Areas

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  1. Hematology
  2. Coagulation
  3. Chemistry
  4. Serology | Immunology
  5. Urinalysis
  6. Microbiology
  7. Bloodbank | Immunohematology
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Clinical Analysis Area for blood and blood forming tissues

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Hematology

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Clinical Analysis Area for the ability of blood to dorm and dissolve clots

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Coagulation

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Clinical Analysis Area that performs most lab test for plasma, white blood, urine, etc.

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Clinical Analysis Area for serum and autoimmune reactions

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Serology | Immunology

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Clinical Analysis Area to test urine specimens

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Urinalysis

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Clinical Analysis Area for microorganisms in body fluids or tissues

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Microbiology

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Clinical Analysis Area for blood tranfusions

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Blood Bank | Immunohematology

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Established in the emergency room (Immediate)

45
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Large independent laboratory that receives specimen from many facilities in the area

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Reference Laboratory

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Provide routine and spcialized analysis of the specimen; Offer fast turnaround time and reduced cost

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Reference Laboratory

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National Reference Laboratories in the Philippines

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  1. East Avenue Medical Center
  2. Lung Center of the Philippines
  3. National Kidney and Transplant Institute
  4. Philippine Heart Center
  5. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
  6. San Larazo Hospital
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NRL for environmental and occupationial health, toxicology, micronutrient assat, and industrial and chemical emergencies

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East Avenue Medical Center

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NRL for General Clinical Chemistry, Anatomic Pathology for pulmonary disease and pleural disease

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Lung Center of the Philippines

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NRL for Hematology, Immunohematology, Urinalysis, and Anatomic Pathology for renal diseases

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National Kidney and Transplant Institute

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NRL for cardiac markers and Anatomic Pathology for cardiac diseases

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Philippine Heart Center

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NRL for dengue, influenza, TB, and other mycobacteria, malaria, and other parasites, bacterial enteric diseasaes, measles, and other viral exanthems, Mycology, Enteroviruses, Antimicrobial resistance and emerging diseases

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Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

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NRL for STD HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and other secually transmitted infections

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San Lazaro Hospital (STD AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory | SACCL)

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