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SilleeMee
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Registered: ‎05-22-2016

Re: Any Lab Techs On The Forum?

‎07-08-2017 11:45 AM

@aubnwa01 wrote:

When I had my 1st knee replacement, I was supposed to have gone in & donated 2 units of my own blood in advance (2 separate appts.)  for use in the hospital after the surgery, but I went to the blood bank after work & was dehydrated & nothing came out, so they could only get 1 unit from me on the 2nd appt. after I'd made sure to drink a lot of water all day at work.  

 

They also did a test to see how fast my blood clotted, by slicing my forearm with a thing kind of like a spring loaded lancet, but with 2 little blades that made shallow cuts (still have the 2 little scars from it) & then, timed it until my blood stopped coming out.

It's called a "bleeding time" test. That was a test I use to perform on some of my patients. Very useful test for pre-op.

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