r/BeAmazed • u/New_Libran • Jun 10 '25

Skill / Talent Chinese nurses use this technique called "flying needle" to draw blood

Blink and miss it!

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u/SecretWitness8251 Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

Hi, I'm a vascular access nurse. What in the voodoo shit is this? Gonna need a link because this is gonna need to be my next case study.

Cannot comprehend. Maybe a magnet behind the elbow but how TF does it go directly into the middle of the vessel? Maybe the video is shot in reverse.. no clue.

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Have since seen numerous videos on this technique and although cool, I will NOT be adopting this into my practice.

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u/BloopityBlue Jun 10 '25

As someone with shitty veins that nurses constantly struggle to tap into, I'm super curious how this would work on me.

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u/Upper-Requirement-93 Jun 10 '25

It wouldn't, but at least they wouldn't be digging around in my arm like I'm a tub of fucking ice cream.

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u/hauntingdreamspace Jun 10 '25

I once had a nurse do that and it hurt one and off for like 3 years.

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u/Gecko23 Jun 10 '25

They asked if I'd allow a trainee to work on me at a blood drive. I figured I'd take one for the team. It was a mistake. Hurt like hell, bled for a day afterwards, massive hematoma and then stabbing random pain like it was happening all over again for months afterwards.

The icing on the cake is that when I finally went back months later, they turned me down because of the 'suspicious marks' on my arm. Like I was trying to cover up track marks.

I still donate, but I'm pretty blunt about refusing inexperienced techs.

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u/Cosmic_Quasar Jun 10 '25

I'm no expert, but that sounds like they maybe hit a nerve?