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/PositiveStress8888 Jun 10 '25

Check out this video from this search, flying needle technique https://g.co/kgs/Qa2GMMQ

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u/Background_Humor5838 Jun 10 '25

Ok but what is the purpose of this technique? Why not just place the needle normally? As a professional in the field, I'm genuinely curious. I've taken blood from patients a million times and even though this could be very accurate with practice, I'm confused about why it is better than just placing the needle because there will always be some risk of missing.

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u/ThePokemomrevisited Jun 10 '25

As a patient I definitely prefer this needle with wings, and that the tubes are changed at the bottom of the lead so you don't feel the needle wriggling around in your arm all the time and especially when tubes are changed. Not merely unpleasant but also painful quite often. The winged needle doesn't need to fly if I can at least have that type of needle. In one hospital they told me they were not allowed to use the winged needle (and jab the thing straight into your arm) because the winged version costs more...