Introduction to Phlebotomy Flashcards
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the act or practice of bloodletting as a therapeutic measure.
Phlebotomy
was often used to reduce fever or to produce a faint so an expectant mother would
deliver her baby by the time she recovered.
Venesection
it created a suction that pulled blood to the capillaries under the cup. Then a spring-loaded box containing multiple blades cut the area to produce massive bleeding.
Cupping
Bleeding of individuals to reduce the patient’s amount of blood does occur today to treat
diseases called
POLYCYTHEMIA VERA AND
HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS
approach where the phlebotomist is dispatched from the laboratory to either nursing units or outpatient areas.
Centralized Phlebotomy
approach to phlebotomy is how
15 percent of the hospitals work to meet this challenge.
Decentralized Phlebotomy
is a recording of
impulses of the heart. Impulses
from a normal heart make tracing records of a specific size and shape. The abnormal heart
shows changes that are different from this pattern.
Electrocardiography Department
This department does,
which records the electrical activity of the brain.
Electroencephalography Department
department of the
hospital is much different from
the corner drugstore.
Pharmacy Department
department
works with patients who, due to
disease or injury is no longer
able to function to their full
physical capacity.
Physical Therapy Department
Patients work to overcome their
physical handicaps so they can
be productive again in their old
job or function in a new job.
Occupational Therapy Department
Patients who have difficulty
speaking or who have lost the
ability to speak because of a
stroke or disease are retaught
how to speak.
Speech Therapy Department
just x-ray lungs or broken bones, but the field has expanded to include cardiac catheterization, computed
tomography (CT) scans, magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI), and ultrasound.
Radiology Department
Takes the laboratory out of a
physical location and to the
patient.
Patient-focused care
This testing of the blood work at the patient’s bedside is often the duty of the multiskilled
phlebotomist or nurse.
Point of care testing
Responds to telephone calls,
handles specimen collection
requests, and handles some
specimens.
Administrative Office
Studies the blood in normal and
diseased states. Usually limited
to the study of cellular
components and not the
chemistry of blood.
Hematology
Study of blood clotting
mechanisms as an aid in
diagnosis or monitoring of patient therapy.
Coagulation
Study of urine to aid in patient
diagnosis to follow the course of a disease or the body’s
metabolism.
Urinalysis
biochemical analysis of
blood and body fluids to
determine the status of a patient.
Chemistry
Cultures samples to determine if pathogenic organisms are
present in a sample and
determines the organisms’
sensitivity to antibiotics (culture
and sensitivity).
Microbiology
Studies antigens and antibodies
to determine immunity to disease or presence of disease.
Immunology
Determines compatibility of blood and blood products that are to be administered to patients.
Immunohematology
Study of deficiencies related to
genetic diseases.
Cytogenetics
