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.

Edit:

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/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

My daughter has tiny veins.

She needed some bloodwork and the first time we went in the nurse prodded and poked multiple entries and admitted defeat.

The second time for the same reason first nurse again poked around, admitted defeat and finally called someone else supposedly a specialist.

The third nurse put it in on first attempt even with the preexisting holes…

And the kid was cool as ice the whole ordeal.

I have had bad examples but also cases where I simply don’t feel anything at all.

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u/dstommie Jun 11 '25

As someone who has dealt with this my entire life, I've finally gotten to the point where I am not at all shy at saying "I have deep rolling veins, I need the most experienced person, I don't mind if I need to wait longer."

The difference between someone who really knows their shit, and someone who can do an ok job on most people is night and day.

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u/Sa_notaman_tha Jun 11 '25

My mom(retired nurse) always makes it a point to compliment and comment on someone who can "really stick a vein"