G+_George Kozi Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The AccuVein AV400 This thing should be in every doctor's office and every hospital. Not once I stumbled upon training nurse Pitman, armed with a needle and eager to poke me like 10 times, before finding a vein . Originally shared by Panah Rad AccuVein Vein Illumination http://www.gadgetify.com/accuvein-vein-illumination/ Via: liveleak.com :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Demond Rice Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I am trained in phlebotomy. Some people have small or hard to find veins. For most people this is unnecessary. For those with small and hard to find veins this is awesome. No more multiple sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Allan Palmer Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 The price in Australia though is so ridiculously expensive (about $7000 US equivalent) that hospitals here just wont buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Allan Palmer Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Roderick Omari I agree. I'm an Anaesthetist. We have a whole heap of tricks but sometimes you just dont have a clue where to start and that is where this technology is so transformative. If only it wasn't so danged expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Marc Telesha Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My poor son while battling cancer went through so much pain and suffering from just not able to find a vein when they couldn't use his port. This is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Stephan Vermette Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 How come we don't see the veins on the doctor/nurse's hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 white latex gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Stephan Vermette Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Ah, yes. They're subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Christopher Parsons Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 getting stuck 10 times in each arm just to do tests a month is horrid especially the dumb nurse that thinks digging around in your arm is a smart thing to do, this would be great since most nurses really don't know how to do draw blood the correct way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Christopher Parsons Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Roderick Omari keyword "some" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Rob Fulcher Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Roderick Omari is right - nurses / phlebotomists who know what they're doing are awesome. But it takes practice to become awesome. And no matter how good you are, there will always be people who are tough sticks. Look at it this way - when your 3-year-old kid needs an IV or a draw and the person putting it in is NOT one of the awesome few, I would welcome this thing. Roderick Omari - do you think this would be useful for training new phlebotomists, or too much of a crutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Allan Palmer Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 One downside is these devices can 'show' you very small veins that are too fragile to tolerate a cannula - you just end up with an even more painful bruise. As Roderick Omari said, and I was taught many years ago - you go for the vein you can FEEL not the one you can see. This device helps show you where to start. Recent British Journal of Anaesthesia study showed you it didn't make success particularly more likely but it did DOUBLE the number of options available. Useful, not a panacea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Noel Jenkins Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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