Case Studies: Case Study 10

Case

  • A phlebotomist at an outpatient drawing station prepares to collect blood from a patient who is scheduled for surgery the next day. The patient tells the phlebotomist that she is afraid of needles. The phlebotomist assures the patient that everything will be fine. He seats the patient in a phlebotomy chair. He talks the patient through the beginning of the venipuncture and she seemed to be doing fine. As the second of four tubes is being drawn, the patient suddenly blurts out that she fells very dizzy and is going to faint.

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