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/Dissident_the_Fifth Jun 10 '25

I love that description so much! My right arm likes to be difficult and it seems like about half the time when I warn the nurse that it's tough they see it as a challenge. 3 pokes and a lot of rummaging later, they switch to my left arm and get it the first time.

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u/Same-Author4016 Jun 10 '25

You’re lucky. I warn them every time and they still spend 10 minutes jabbing around in my right arm before switching to my left to jab for another 10 minutes. They usually recruit one or two more nurses to try before figuring out I was telling the truth about being a hard stick.

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u/Davido401 Jun 10 '25

They just go right for veins in my hand now, which beats between the toes or the penis(like apparently Heroin addicts inject into!)