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What is the best needle to use when drawing blood from small veins?
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Why is the needle inserted in a direction same as that of blood flow while drawing blood from veins?
The major risk of drawing blood or starting an IV is
What are the three main veins for drawing blood in the arm?
Arteries, veins, & capillaries are the three main veins while drawing blood in arm
What is the method venipuncture when drawing blood from a 75 years old patient with thin veins?
A butterfly needle with tube and vacuum syringe.
What gauge needle should be use for a small veins?
25
Microscopic vessels that carry blood from small arteries to small veins are?
Capillaries are the microscopic blood vessels that connect small arteries to small veins. Blood exchange takes place in capillaries.
Why does blood come out slowly when drawing blood?
Blood draws normally occur through veins, though which blood moves slowly. There is low pressure and little muscular activity in the veins, resulting in lower pressure.
What gauge needle is used on a 14 year old to draw blood?
It is determined by the size of the veins
What is electrodessication?
a treatment modality whereby the doctor seals off the small blood vessels that cause spider veins by passing a weak electric current through a fine needle to the walls of the veins.
What does the threeoof blood tubes and what do they do?
The three types of blood tubes are arteries, veins and capillaries. Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry blood to the heart. Capillaries connect small arteries to small veins, and are the site of gas exchange.
What are the small blood vessels that connect the arteries and veins and distribute blood?
capillaries
Direction of blood flow in the capillaries?
Blood flows from arteries to veins or from arterioles (small arteries) to venules (small veins) in a capillary bed.
What is the final step in the path of blood flow through the spleen?
Blood collects into small veins that in turn merge to form trabecular veins
