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/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.