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/AppropriateScience71 Jun 10 '25

I agree - some nurses seem to just have a natural intuition and others just don’t - even with years of experience.

Fortunately, most hospitals seem to always have that ONE nurse who can always find a vein.

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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 Jun 10 '25

I'm that nurse. Worst case scenario is the other nurses destroyed your arms before calling me, and I'll just use the ultrasound. I won't say I never miss, but it is an exceedingly rare occasion.

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u/IsatDownAndWrote Jun 10 '25

This reminds me of when I was younger. We were in the emergency room, my sister had something wrong I don't remember, they tried and tried to get a vein but left to get someone else. My dad who was a crna just did it quickly while the nurse was gone and came in with a panic seeing my dad finish up before he told her that he was a crna who worked in that very hospital.

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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 Jun 10 '25

CRNA's are well known for their IV skills.