WK 1: introduction to phlebotomy Flashcards
“phleps,” meaning “?”
vein
“tomia,” meaning “?
cutting
phlebotomy means
to cut a vein
Act of practice of opening a vein for drawing blood as diagnostic or therapeutic or as means of introducing fluids.
phlebotomy
phlebotomy is aka
- Also known as blood letting, venesection, bleeding
physician in the who believed that all illnesses stemmed from overabundance of blood
Erasistratus
overabundance of blood or .
plethora
countries in order where bloodletting became famous
- Bloodletting became popular from ancient egypts thens pread to the greeks then to the romans then through Europe in middle ages
in what period of time was bloodletting not performed by doctors or medtechs
In middle ages, bloodletting was not performed by doctors or medtechs
who performed bloodletting in middle ages
barber surgeons
red white stripe in barber shop meaning
barber shop can perform bloodletting
T OR F Barber surgeons di pwede magbunoot ng ipin, amputations of legs.
F * Barber surgeons pwede den magbunoot ng ipin, amputations of legs.
red in barber shop logo meaning
bloodletting
white in barber shop logo meaning
bandage ata
in what period of time did surgery became more sophisticated so bloodletting became doctors job again.
16th century
what period of time did physicians make incision in veins or arteries
1800s