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My mom had rolling vains. She would pull her hand back if they didn't do the check. Then verbal tell them what to do to check and verbal tell them what to do to start. Don't ever feel bad for pulling your hand back and speaking up!
As a phlebotomist for 8 years, don’t forget to really anchor the vein a lot of the times you can do a simple one and done if you anchor hard enough, the patient isn’t gonna feel it. If you’re sticking an unconscious patient for whatever reason, hit the vein by the intersection, and anchor right below your site and pull the skin down to the knuckle. You’ll get it every time. 👍🏽
"I'd tap that" -plebotomists everywhere No but for real, I have tiny veins and I tell the nurses I need a butterfly needle and they love to roll. NO ONE LISTENS. This will help me so much, they always tear me up chasing my veins around. Thank you!!!
Same! Its so annoying. I have so many horror stories of nurses chasing my veins, including one time when my dad passed out from watching XD This video will definetly help
But how would it be paper cut? cut yeah, but... paper cut? 😕🤔 I was thinking the same, tho': If he ever gets cut, a lot of blood would just...oh, damn...my skin is shrinking...
Hell yeah. Lame jokes are the all time best icebreakers, and IMO the best "I need to fill silence with this patient for a second so things aren't weird, but I need focused on this work and devote as few neurons as possible to talking, without saying anything dumb and occasionally being informative" automated babble to have on deck. I LOVE it when client education can get all neatly bundled in with memorably lame jokes and the occasional clunky-but-fun mixed metaphor. And even off-topic clean pun one-liners are great for helping any patient be just a little more present and engaged and awake at any given time.
ok the one i have on my hand litterally does a snake move and goes wobbly when i open and close my fist. i discovered it just a few months ago, didnt know it was a thing so i was so weirded out, kept doing it for like 20 times
i would be extremely scared especially because of the compliments like if a nurse enters my room and saying ''ï wañt tó înjeçt yóü wíth ân ïv'' while recording me im jumping out the window and making a run for it
As someone whose veins run n hide and I end up getting poked multiple times EVERY single time I've needed an IV, I would kill for this guy's veins, lol 😆
I have veins like this but apparently I have "valves" I think they called it in both of my hands so they always have to move the iv needle up towards my elbow ditch after the've tried and tried and bruise up my hands 😂.
I was literally going to say this same thing. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME I tell someone about my veins and say the only place you'll get in is the top of my right hand, they laugh and say "I can get it in your arm" 3-6 attempts later, where do they end up going? My right hand. 🤦🏼♀️
My veins are flatners. They look ideal until the nurse pushes the needle in, the vein immediately flattens and she is unable to get stable location...much worse than rolling because there is no way to stabilise them. This is apparent in all my near surface veins. As I've been told the only way they can do it is to use a baby infrasound (?) And this can detect deeper veins which can be accessed.. a downer tho because if I need blood test I have to go to hospital
My poor husband had terrible rolling veins and suffered many times with those that could not get the IV started. I wish I had seen this video years ago, I could have given them some tips. Our current Dr. has the best lab tech who is a one stick wonder! Thank you for this information!
my boyfriend likes to go workout and mainly bcs of that a lot of his arm and forearm veins are popping.. as a med student, i cant resist from telling him "i like your veins, can draw some blood easily from there," everytime i stare at his forearm and he'll have this weird looking face and say "okay......" 😂😂😂😂
I have his veins!!! All my nurses always say “I’m glad you aren’t a drug addict bc you have veins to kill for” I’m like haha thank you ? 🥲 what do you say to that! 💀
My patient yesterday didnt roll and veins were easy to see and feel. 2x fail. Asked a co-worker, she failes 2x as well. Doc said ok to no more pokes and moved to oral meds 🙂
I used to draw a lot of geriatric patients and there's a lot of times whenever the vein looks great and you can see it perfectly fine and it's still not draw right. Or at all. It's not necessarily our fault, it's just a weird thing that happens
As a nurse manager IV TEAM, you two need a refresher. If you see & feel the veins there's no reason to miss 4 times. Poor technique. Hold the vein down, don't use tourniquet, etc.
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I’d be asking for a new Dr/nurse if they haven’t met rolling veins before 😳 🏃♀️💨 (why do the little emoji people always run towards things instead of away? 🤔)
My veins roll. I've had nurses argue with me about it, and it's gotten to the point where I won't let them stick me if they don't know what a rolling vein is. I'm tired of getting massive bruises because a nurse ignored me.
Mine just aren't very near the surface/my skin is thick. The ones in the crook of my arms just look like greenish smudges, and the top of my hands while more visible aren't that big. My iv when I was induced kept slowly popping out. Two different nurses fixed and taped it.
I had nurses when I was in hospital that were hopeless drawing blood. The night time nurse would come in and say drop your arm down the side of the bed, she went straight in. I so wish she had of trained the other nurses. She was horrified when she saw all the bruising on my hand and arms.
In my phlebotomy class my instructor literally said “there is no such thing as a rolling vein” BECAUSE if it rolls, you aren’t anchoring properly!!! Thank you for showing how to anchor!
Same. The overconfident tech is a nightmare. They don't listen if you try to warn them, and they get that shocked look on their face when they ALWAYS blow my only good vein.
Thank you! Since I went to RN school in the thick of the pandemic I didn’t get much clinical experience. I started on the floor about 2 months ago and this is my weakness, IV insertion, so thank you for this!
Thank you for sharing this video. Well explained and informative. Hope you make a video for those people who have thin veins. I have thin veins. Planning to study lpn. God bless and more success to your channel.
I’m a Med Student and trust me , this is why no one can be better at IV that Nurses! Meanwhile patients be asking Docs to put IV cuz ‘they don’t trust nurses’ 😂 Well, when a doc sees this vein, he gonna be making 5 punctures before a staff nurse walks in to help him out!
When I had to get an IV, 3 nurses failed to successfully poke me. It was so horrible because I have a phobia of needles so I was crying the entire time 😅. They ended up having to call in the anesthesiologist who got it immediately. Now I feel really hesitant to trust nurses if I have to get an IV again
As an ex heroin addict anytime I see someone with good veins or have to get blood drawn or get an iv it just instantly triggers me. I spent about 9 years injecting heroin and other various opioids multiple times a day and it's been about 5 years since the last time but I still get triggered by stuff like this. I don't think that will ever go away.
I always have to warn anyone taking my blood that I have a connective tissue disorder. My veins look great, but they're weak and they roll. I've had so may Phlebotomists roll their eyes and be like, "yeah ok, I've been doing this for 20 years" then I look down and blood is pouring down my arm or I get a massive bruise from a blown vein. They freak and apologize and I'm just like "its fine. It happens." My veins are even bigger and more movable than this guys. I get blood drawn constantly due to health issues.
I have a connective tissue disorder as well, and anytime I need to have an IV or blood drawn (both are rare for me fortunately) the nurse have to follow my instructions or it will fail XD I literally have one spot in my left arm that is suitable for blood draws, and two spots on my left hand suitable for IV’s (one being at the base of my thumb) Many have asked to look at my right arm and I tell them it’s no point because they won’t find anything, they look anyways and might as well try to draw blood from a scarecrow if they do try to poke me there. Some also say that my right hand looks good for IV’s but looks are deceiving there as IV’s in my right hand always fail very fast and always hurt a lot so there’s just no point in even trying it. Last time I had an IV in my right hand it failed in less than a day and I was sore for months afterwards. IV’s in left hand/thumb base can last 2-3 days and causes no pain
Also another good tip! Although we try to go for the smallest gauge possible, often larger rolling veins do better with a larger size cannula in addition to all these tips ☺️
This warms my phlebotomist heart. Sneaky tip, if you realise after you have stuck the needle in that it is rolling away, and you can see where it is rolling to, place a free finger firmly over the spot it is rolling to so it can't roll any more.
THANK YOU!!!! I've told every phlebotomist that my veins roll. They usually roll their eyes back at me. And I usually get the pin cushion award & blown out veins all over my arms & hands. I end up wearing long sleeves for a week or so covering every stick attempt. I've actually had peeps ask me if I'm a junkie! I'm going to show this video to every "Dracula" that pokes me in the future!!! I really appreciate this vid!🎉😂💝
I had patients tell me they have tiny veins and need the smallest needles, but when I look, the veins are as big as my fingers. 😂 As far as rolling goes, can't help them all, but you can just try and pin that vein down as much as you can.
I’ve been a HCA and med tech for almost a decade but I’m about to start school for nursing, and needles are one of my big worries lol. This is going to stick in my brain forever, thank you! ❤
My advice is sticking a needle just above the distal „V“ where the branch is. Here they hardly roll and are quite stable. If you poke into the middle of this vein chances are that it will rupture. I learned this in the ER and by anethesiologists. I have a similar vein like this one and nurses/doctors/ med students have repeatedly ruptured it. Pulling back the skin and making a fist can help. I sometimes pull back and sideways, which also helped many times
More up will hurt more. I have been butchered quite a few times (IVIGs), I had a nurse who would align a finger from the other hand and keep the vein from rolling and straight where it was crooked. She also told me that if the vein gets burnt/hot you can pick a vein higher up the limb, never lower. She was my hero.
You are one billion percent right! I had over 300 needle sticks in my left arm. I had severe PIH, severe Preeclampsia and severe HELLP. That was in 2009 and to this day I have them rolling. Just all the sudden it feels like a worm crawling up my arm. I had to go to the ER 3 years ago due to having a stomach issue and the nurse couldn't get the IV in. She tried for 45 minutes. I was in AGONY. Finally I told her to get someone else so a guy came in and I told him I have rolling veins with scar tissue. He showed her and I watched, in the bend he pushed in and down and the IV went right in. No pain no rolling. He said it controls it from rolling. I've even had them try to get blood out of the top of my feet in 2009 but I was so swollen they couldn't get to a vein or even see one. They tried on the inside of my ankle. I screamed in the pillow it hurt so bad. Next time I was a PICC line. You are correct and I hope others apply it❤
OMG! I have literally never seen this before🤯! They always have a hard time trying to start my iv in the hospital. I got stuck 5-7 times for my last birth😭! Absolutely horrific! I hope this helps someone though🙏🏿!
Im really weirded out by visible veins , it just looks like they are ready to burst any second , and the tought that a liquid which keeps you alive is in them just makes it worse
I hate when this happens! Phlebotomy is fascinating for me in practice but so frustrating when veins are trickier because I always want to provide the best possible care for my patients (especially in pediatrics which is my field). Thankyou for sharing!
It's kinda fun when I hear a nurse say I have good veins. I'm glad they're excited to poke me. Sorry about spending too much time on the chair after the draw every single time. I know you thought I'd be easy :(
Red Cross volunteers, watch and learn! Damn, if there were only more trained and knowledgeable folks like you at the Red Cross , I’d come donate more often.
I had such a terrible experience trying to give blood. The person told me not to try again...took too long. Like I guess I should have been an open faucet??
Means you had great blood flow. They're probably used to to having to fighting to find someones veins so when someone with bulging veins come around, it's a great and welcomed surprise. That's just my guess atleast lol
I was a phlebotomist for 20 yrs & taught phlebotomy at local college. I always anchored the veins above and below my target area with thumb below & index finger above. It holds it tight.
i do that too it works for me and i am so expert on veins that i can take 98 percent of my pt blood with all kinds of veins..i am an HCA all nurses and doctors call me in as i am the last resort..there are many tips and trick which no one teaches one learns on its on if one is passionate of what you do.
You should not be anchoring veins on both sides when using vacuum tubes to collect blood, it leads to collapsed/damaged vein far, far more often, and this is not the case with anchoring only on one end, like she does in this video.
all veins roll. It’s your job to anchor it. Perks of being a phlebotomist before becoming a nurse. I still feel phlebotomy should be a pre-Req for nursing.
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I have too much varicose veins.This is my problem.
Thank you so much,that veins are always complicated.. I'll try your tip!
I have rolling veins in my left hand only
I use to have a squishy can of soda that was perfect! GREAT VIDEO. 💖
I have the most rollingest veins. In fact, I was wondering when you sneaked in my room...it is identical to my hand! Wish I could send you a pic!!!
Nurses sound scary sometimes, for example:
"Wow you have really good veins"
"I love your veins"
"I want to draw his blood"
Draw blood first if you hear her say this.
IKR?! Nurses are just gentle little vampires in disguise
I’m guilty of all of this.
I even get a little thrill when I get great blood return on my IV sticks! 😍
As a phlebotomist, the first flash of blood in the tube makes me giddy.
“Aha your veins are so small” *misses IV 3 times before landing the needle* -my nurse experience
I wish more nurses would learn this before they stab me and root around trying to hit a vain. Even after I warn them that I have rolling vains.
yes! like they're trying to herd cats instead of take blood or put in an IV! It hurts so much!
Same here!!!!!
The struggle is REAL.
🙄
My mom had rolling vains. She would pull her hand back if they didn't do the check. Then verbal tell them what to do to check and verbal tell them what to do to start. Don't ever feel bad for pulling your hand back and speaking up!
I feel so uncomfortable watching this
Same
Same even my hand weakened lol
Yea😨😨😨🤢
I though it was something eles 😳🤨
I agree
They see me rollin', they hatin'
They tryina catch me ridin dirty
Patrollin' and tryna catch me ridin' dirty (I forgot the lyrics and just copied em)
Totally underrated 😂😂😂😂😂
I just know the tune not the lyrics can someone finish the lyrics off😂
😂
As a past phlebotomist I would love to draw his blood lol great video
As someone who is a hard stick with ultrasound I would love to have them. Or watch.
Same. Speaking as a current vampire lol
Anchor & angle! Phlebo life
Thats what a vampire would say!! 💀
I feel vulnerable right now. Even though I might be thousands of miles away from each of you guys!🥺
Rolling Vein: “You ain’t getting me I refuse to be poked”
*Guy makes a Fist
Rolling Vein: WTF TRAITOR
lol, u have wild imaginations,., enviable
hehe
Hm no comments yet? I’ll change that ;)
Lmao that made me laugh, thank u for that
Imagine reading this comment without any context
“he is mine to be poked”
the man just staring at her with a terrified look
IDK WHY BUT THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD
😂😂
LOL.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHt
Lmao
As a phlebotomist for 8 years, don’t forget to really anchor the vein a lot of the times you can do a simple one and done if you anchor hard enough, the patient isn’t gonna feel it. If you’re sticking an unconscious patient for whatever reason, hit the vein by the intersection, and anchor right below your site and pull the skin down to the knuckle. You’ll get it every time. 👍🏽
I get creeped out seeing my own veins. This is crazy
Same! Veins give me the most uncomfortable feeling. I was curling my toes while watching this. I couldn’t finish it 😅
once i stood in the mirror after a shower and could see all the veins in my chest it was scary
I would feel so vulnerable seeing my veins out like that!! Like anyone can just come up and slice you open
@@catsNplanets
Really? I quite like tracing mine.
I have such a fear of veins lol.. this is weird af
I remember one nurse was looking for a vein to *poke* in and said, “Oo! I found a juicy one!”
💀😂
Oh heavens...sounds like what I would say!!
Absolute gold
Hhhhh😝
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
that's just verbiage
like a vein that blows is the most annoying
or easy infiltrate
"He's mine to be poked."
😏
Hahahaha
You poke him and later he pokes you 😏
😂😂😂
She sounds super excited about it😂
Somthin about nurses man....
Finally! A nurse that anchors the vein before attempting the stick! A tight tourniquet and gravity are helpful too!
Me during this entire video “AHHHHHHHHH”
Well, screaming is your thing isn’t it? 😜
Me too
Goofy ahh
100 hundred percent that my man damn
Same, fr. 😫😫
"I'd tap that" -plebotomists everywhere
No but for real, I have tiny veins and I tell the nurses I need a butterfly needle and they love to roll. NO ONE LISTENS. This will help me so much, they always tear me up chasing my veins around.
Thank you!!!
Meee too exactly!!!
Same! Its so annoying. I have so many horror stories of nurses chasing my veins, including one time when my dad passed out from watching XD This video will definetly help
Bro these nurses scare me
“I want to stick this vein with an iv”
Uncalled for, but A couple of nurses have complemented me about my veins before, and I know why lol
exactly🤣
what does that mean?
That's literally what any nurse would say
She also said "he is mine to poke"
Excellent job
I just started IV's earlier this semester and I will forever remember this. You are a amazing, thank you!
I feel incredible discomfort watching her move the veins around like that
Same I feel you man
Fr I started tensing up
It doesn't hurt. Not even a little bit
I feel incredible discomfort just looking at my 5 times less exposed veins, now I roll on my armchair with closed eyes
same
"They see me rollin....they hatin"
Old but a good one lol 😂
They pokin
💀💀omg😭
@@kushalgowda2419 😂
@@MintyOreosx3 but it's great to be honest 🤣
Thank you so much to you and your Husband Nurse Sarah.
Bro this man’s gone if he ever gets a paper cut 😭
Nah
But how would it be paper cut? cut yeah, but... paper cut? 😕🤔
I was thinking the same, tho':
If he ever gets cut, a lot of blood would just...oh, damn...my skin is shrinking...
not true
☠️☠️☠️
dont worry, his vein would just dodge it :D
My lecturer jokingly called that "dancing veins". Shout out to her. It's a lame joke but an effective ice breaker between me and the patient.
Hell yeah. Lame jokes are the all time best icebreakers, and IMO the best "I need to fill silence with this patient for a second so things aren't weird, but I need focused on this work and devote as few neurons as possible to talking, without saying anything dumb and occasionally being informative" automated babble to have on deck. I LOVE it when client education can get all neatly bundled in with memorably lame jokes and the occasional clunky-but-fun mixed metaphor. And even off-topic clean pun one-liners are great for helping any patient be just a little more present and engaged and awake at any given time.
In Portugal, these veins are called "ballerina veins" :)
I call them dancing veins also . Like minds. 👍
@@evasco1979 why is it called that way?
ok the one i have on my hand litterally does a snake move and goes wobbly when i open and close my fist. i discovered it just a few months ago, didnt know it was a thing so i was so weirded out, kept doing it for like 20 times
Imagine going to the hospital and the doctor gets out a camera and starts playing with your vein pushing it side to side
i would be extremely scared especially because of the compliments like if a nurse enters my room and saying ''ï wañt tó înjeçt yóü wíth ân ïv'' while recording me im jumping out the window and making a run for it
Bro I am feeling your pfp after reading that 😂
This comment cheered me up after a bad day 😂😂 thank you!
Hey, that would cure my sadness at least. It sounds so funny just thinking about it 😂
PS your profile pic is perfect
Side side to side
GREAT TIP‼️🫶🏾🫶🏾
Him: gets a papercut
The body: hm, maybe we could do somthing about this
…
Yes
What?
@@facts9144 Never understood why people decide to comment with "..." If you got nothin to say. Don't say shit. Tf?
It is the body naturally denying the shot.
“He is stay-buh-lozz” love the accent 😭
I've been rewatching just for that 💀💀💀💀
Lmao
Lmao
What accent is that?
What is that word?🤪🤣🤣Stay buh lozzzzz'd 😭
Your voice is so soothing and helpful I appreciate all you do to help
Nurses and those aspiring to be
"You see vein rollin', and they hatin'~"
Patrollin’ they tryna catch me rollin’ dirty
🤣🤣🤣
Bruh 🗿 LMAO
@@YourHerro tryna catch me rolling dirty
@@YourHerro patrolin and they tryna penetratin an iv line on me..
As someone whose veins run n hide and I end up getting poked multiple times EVERY single time I've needed an IV, I would kill for this guy's veins, lol 😆
Same
I have veins like this but apparently I have "valves" I think they called it in both of my hands so they always have to move the iv needle up towards my elbow ditch after the've tried and tried and bruise up my hands 😂.
Yessss same!!! I am a tough stick and my veins are hardly visible! I am so jealous of his veins
I was literally going to say this same thing. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME I tell someone about my veins and say the only place you'll get in is the top of my right hand, they laugh and say "I can get it in your arm" 3-6 attempts later, where do they end up going? My right hand. 🤦🏼♀️
My veins are flatners. They look ideal until the nurse pushes the needle in, the vein immediately flattens and she is unable to get stable location...much worse than rolling because there is no way to stabilise them. This is apparent in all my near surface veins. As I've been told the only way they can do it is to use a baby infrasound (?) And this can detect deeper veins which can be accessed.. a downer tho because if I need blood test I have to go to hospital
“ I like big veins and I can not lied “ 😊😂
😂😂😂😅😊
Do you like them on you or others cuz I hate mine
“You other brothers can’t deny…”
@@yumisaifu6198 what
@@yumisaifu6198why did that rhyme
My poor husband had terrible rolling veins and suffered many times with those that could not get the IV started. I wish I had seen this video years ago, I could have given them some tips. Our current Dr. has the best lab tech who is a one stick wonder! Thank you for this information!
my boyfriend likes to go workout and mainly bcs of that a lot of his arm and forearm veins are popping.. as a med student, i cant resist from telling him "i like your veins, can draw some blood easily from there," everytime i stare at his forearm and he'll have this weird looking face and say "okay......" 😂😂😂😂
Do med students draw blood?
I love that 😂
@@zippityzoop1478 They have to get that practice in somehow.
@@zippityzoop1478 not really, but for study maybe
@@zippityzoop1478 yup
That's exactly it. Wish more nurses knew that simple trick.
i thought this was taught to every nurse. every nurse i know and myself know this trick.
We need to keep this Short booked marked and have it ready to whip out when we need it. 😳
Vein: "They see me rollin', they hatin'" Nurse: " Nice vein " Vein: " nvm 😏 "
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LMAO
bro press enter instead of spaces
Bruh 😂
🤣
You are very good in what you do. Thank you! 😊
I learned this when getting certified as a phlebotomist. Anchoring that vein well is super important.
Random: im looking to get certified! Are ypu still a phlebotomist or use that cert?
It’s less painful too when anchored
I have his veins!!! All my nurses always say “I’m glad you aren’t a drug addict bc you have veins to kill for” I’m like haha thank you ? 🥲 what do you say to that! 💀
Omg that’s so unprofessional. I’m sorry. 😭
As long as they don't stick the vein here 🍆
Wtf 😂 thats weird for them to say that
Reply with “I’ll sell them to you for 20 bucks”
"Where's the exit? I'm outta here"
As a current EMT student, this will definitely help when I start my paramedic program!!!! Thank you!!!!
Gorgeous vein 😍
My patient yesterday didnt roll and veins were easy to see and feel. 2x fail. Asked a co-worker, she failes 2x as well. Doc said ok to no more pokes and moved to oral meds 🙂
Were they dehydrated? My veins are dodgier when I’m dehydrated.
I used to draw a lot of geriatric patients and there's a lot of times whenever the vein looks great and you can see it perfectly fine and it's still not draw right. Or at all. It's not necessarily our fault, it's just a weird thing that happens
+1
If there’s any chance they’d been or are IV drug user, no matter where they’d shoot up, all their vein walls become almost concrete over time
As a nurse manager IV TEAM, you two need a refresher. If you see & feel the veins there's no reason to miss 4 times. Poor technique. Hold the vein down, don't use tourniquet, etc.
UA-cam employees: “yeah, yeah, watch! This guy’ll watch literally ANYTHING! Recommend him this weird vein video that has nothing to do with his career, and $5 says he’ll watch it!”
Just like me fr
Lol I’m in tears
bro 😂🤣 accurate wtf am I actually doing?? idk🥲
exactly me rn
Fr. 😭 Just came from a short repairing a crack in a driveway...
As someone woth rolling veins, I wish more techs and nurses would use the anchoring technique. Thanks for sharing!
Just tell tell them how to do it and mention your veins roll before they stick you. They'll be understanding.
Brilliant explanation
I’ve literally had doctors and nurses tell me there’s no such thing as rolling veins, that it’s a myth, and then try and stick me, and oops, missed
I’d be asking for a new Dr/nurse if they haven’t met rolling veins before 😳 🏃♀️💨 (why do the little emoji people always run towards things instead of away? 🤔)
@@allisonjames2923 run first talk later
@@allisonjames2923 wow
Weird. Saw how veins are situated in anatomy lab in med school. These people just skipped their anatomy labs, I guess.
It surprises me how many doctors/nurses don't know what they're doing smh
"Gently pull down that skin"
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💀
😂
🤓
Where funny? Honestly do grown up people laugh at this?
@@griswoldthegoblin9420 in fact they are children prob lol
My veins roll. I've had nurses argue with me about it, and it's gotten to the point where I won't let them stick me if they don't know what a rolling vein is. I'm tired of getting massive bruises because a nurse ignored me.
Now I wanna see your veins. 😂 sorry can’t help it I like those poppin veins have mine too but not yet that big and visible.
Amen! And with some of these young phlebotomists who don't know what they're doing, they end up torturing you. 😫
If a “seasoned” nurse knows what she’s doing, then NO vein will roll!
Mine just aren't very near the surface/my skin is thick. The ones in the crook of my arms just look like greenish smudges, and the top of my hands while more visible aren't that big. My iv when I was induced kept slowly popping out. Two different nurses fixed and taped it.
I had nurses when I was in hospital that were hopeless drawing blood. The night time nurse would come in and say drop your arm down the side of the bed, she went straight in. I so wish she had of trained the other nurses. She was horrified when she saw all the bruising on my hand and arms.
Excellent teaching ❤
“He is stabalazed”
💀 loved that
"He’s stebalaiiiizzz" love the accent
This! I knew someone was gonna comment this
I read this just as she had said it 😂😂
In my phlebotomy class my instructor literally said “there is no such thing as a rolling vein” BECAUSE if it rolls, you aren’t anchoring properly!!! Thank you for showing how to anchor!
Thanks for this demo...😊
Always good to see someone that actually cares about their craft.
You are a pro!
I have rolling veins myself.. and it really sucks getting butchered by an inexperienced nurse or doc.
Same. The overconfident tech is a nightmare. They don't listen if you try to warn them, and they get that shocked look on their face when they ALWAYS blow my only good vein.
Thank you! Since I went to RN school in the thick of the pandemic I didn’t get much clinical experience. I started on the floor about 2 months ago and this is my weakness, IV insertion, so thank you for this!
Thank you for sharing this video. Well explained and informative. Hope you make a video for those people who have thin veins. I have thin veins. Planning to study lpn. God bless and more success to your channel.
I’m a Med Student and trust me , this is why no one can be better at IV that Nurses!
Meanwhile patients be asking Docs to put IV cuz ‘they don’t trust nurses’ 😂
Well, when a doc sees this vein, he gonna be making 5 punctures before a staff nurse walks in to help him out!
Only a dummy that has never been to the hospital or doctors often would rather have a doc than a nurse/phlebotomist take blood.
It depends on the vein
this is why nurses deserve the most amount of respect 🙏 👏
hospitals cannot function without them fr
Paramedics out here starting them in moving vehicles and helicopters “what is this!? am I a joke to you!?”
When I had to get an IV, 3 nurses failed to successfully poke me. It was so horrible because I have a phobia of needles so I was crying the entire time 😅. They ended up having to call in the anesthesiologist who got it immediately. Now I feel really hesitant to trust nurses if I have to get an IV again
My mom is a nurse and every time she sees my arm veins she always has to comment “it would be so easy to stick a needle there” pls get away from me 😭
Arm veins arecthe best location for an IV... you mom is right...🦋
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it's common for us to admire veins and just think of how great the feeling of poking a needle into the vein we find it very normal
Genius. I learned something new after 20 years of nursing. Thank you.
UA-cam is literally a great teacher for everything
Waww!
Hopefully it stays free forever 🥹
As an ex heroin addict anytime I see someone with good veins or have to get blood drawn or get an iv it just instantly triggers me. I spent about 9 years injecting heroin and other various opioids multiple times a day and it's been about 5 years since the last time but I still get triggered by stuff like this. I don't think that will ever go away.
Hey im proud of you! It’s probably so hard to avoid triggers but you are doing amazing and I wish you the best❤
I van relate. Luckily all my veins healed and thar makes the nurses happy, but I get a bit triggered.
Glad you’re sober now❤
I hope you are doing good now, I wish you a great 2024
Maybe u should still be in yearly treatment r classes to help that trigger, good luck n stay strong
*rolls the vein*
My entire existence: *AAAAAAAA*
Same me
I DIDNT KNOW VEINS COULD DO THAT
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Cmon, this was my secret trick in preschool
Same
"He's mine to be poked." Wise words. Love the videos btw. Medtech here.
osteomalakia 👏👏
“He’s mine to be poked”
Me: well guess I better start counting
Classic. Always app. Traction. Makes insertion that much easier.
I have big rolling veins and it hurts to get stuck over and over again.I’m glad some nurses out there are compassionate about this!🥰
"and he is mine to be poked"
holddd on nowwww
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He is stable aaaaised💫🫠
I always have to warn anyone taking my blood that I have a connective tissue disorder. My veins look great, but they're weak and they roll. I've had so may Phlebotomists roll their eyes and be like, "yeah ok, I've been doing this for 20 years" then I look down and blood is pouring down my arm or I get a massive bruise from a blown vein. They freak and apologize and I'm just like "its fine. It happens." My veins are even bigger and more movable than this guys. I get blood drawn constantly due to health issues.
I have elhers danlos so I feel your pain! They never listen haha
I have a connective tissue disorder as well, and anytime I need to have an IV or blood drawn (both are rare for me fortunately) the nurse have to follow my instructions or it will fail XD I literally have one spot in my left arm that is suitable for blood draws, and two spots on my left hand suitable for IV’s (one being at the base of my thumb)
Many have asked to look at my right arm and I tell them it’s no point because they won’t find anything, they look anyways and might as well try to draw blood from a scarecrow if they do try to poke me there. Some also say that my right hand looks good for IV’s but looks are deceiving there as IV’s in my right hand always fail very fast and always hurt a lot so there’s just no point in even trying it. Last time I had an IV in my right hand it failed in less than a day and I was sore for months afterwards. IV’s in left hand/thumb base can last 2-3 days and causes no pain
Same with my dude. He said they always end up using a 🦋
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Thanks for the knowledge you shared! I appreciate what you do for the medical community
Oh yeah! Make the skin taught! I miss nursing I’m a stay at home mom right now planning to go back in a year sometimes after baby is more
Taut, not taught…
Also another good tip! Although we try to go for the smallest gauge possible, often larger rolling veins do better with a larger size cannula in addition to all these tips ☺️
This warms my phlebotomist heart. Sneaky tip, if you realise after you have stuck the needle in that it is rolling away, and you can see where it is rolling to, place a free finger firmly over the spot it is rolling to so it can't roll any more.
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That lady has the perfect voice for a comforting nurse
This was very educational, thank you!
THANK YOU!!!! I've told every phlebotomist that my veins roll. They usually roll their eyes back at me. And I usually get the pin cushion award & blown out veins all over my arms & hands. I end up wearing long sleeves for a week or so covering every stick attempt. I've actually had peeps ask me if I'm a junkie! I'm going to show this video to every "Dracula" that pokes me in the future!!! I really appreciate this vid!🎉😂💝
You’ll just get a bigger needle
Ugh same! And when they dig chasing it while the needle is in there. I almost knocked this nurse tf out 😢
Weird. I’ve never had a phlebotomist ignore me when I’ve told them about my rolling veins.
I had patients tell me they have tiny veins and need the smallest needles, but when I look, the veins are as big as my fingers. 😂 As far as rolling goes, can't help them all, but you can just try and pin that vein down as much as you can.
I’ve been a HCA and med tech for almost a decade but I’m about to start school for nursing, and needles are one of my big worries lol. This is going to stick in my brain forever, thank you! ❤
I'm a phlebotomist, and I was waiting for you to pull back that skin. Blood's my whole career, this is great.
You have helped me Thru out my studies!! Thank you🙏🏻
My advice is sticking a needle just above the distal „V“ where the branch is. Here they hardly roll and are quite stable. If you poke into the middle of this vein chances are that it will rupture. I learned this in the ER and by anethesiologists. I have a similar vein like this one and nurses/doctors/ med students have repeatedly ruptured it. Pulling back the skin and making a fist can help. I sometimes pull back and sideways, which also helped many times
More up will hurt more. I have been butchered quite a few times (IVIGs), I had a nurse who would align a finger from the other hand and keep the vein from rolling and straight where it was crooked. She also told me that if the vein gets burnt/hot you can pick a vein higher up the limb, never lower. She was my hero.
My veins "roll" like that everytime I move my fingers. Never thought about it from a medical perspective.
Same here
You are one billion percent right! I had over 300 needle sticks in my left arm. I had severe PIH, severe Preeclampsia and severe HELLP. That was in 2009 and to this day I have them rolling. Just all the sudden it feels like a worm crawling up my arm. I had to go to the ER 3 years ago due to having a stomach issue and the nurse couldn't get the IV in. She tried for 45 minutes. I was in AGONY. Finally I told her to get someone else so a guy came in and I told him I have rolling veins with scar tissue. He showed her and I watched, in the bend he pushed in and down and the IV went right in. No pain no rolling. He said it controls it from rolling. I've even had them try to get blood out of the top of my feet in 2009 but I was so swollen they couldn't get to a vein or even see one. They tried on the inside of my ankle. I screamed in the pillow it hurt so bad. Next time I was a PICC line. You are correct and I hope others apply it❤
OMG! I have literally never seen this before🤯! They always have a hard time trying to start my iv in the hospital. I got stuck 5-7 times for my last birth😭! Absolutely horrific! I hope this helps someone though🙏🏿!
I love love love southern folk 😭😭 “stable-EYES’D”
i love the southern accent too, and i live in the south.
but i'm originally from mexico, so i don't have a southern accent :(
Remember, if a vein is big, to use a looser tourniquet or no tourniquet at all in order to keep from blowing the vein😊
Why does that happen??
You have the best videos. I love your videos. Thanks ☺️
"They look beautiful, I wanna stick in this an IV"...
That sounded way dirtier that I expected 😂
Im really weirded out by visible veins , it just looks like they are ready to burst any second , and the tought that a liquid which keeps you alive is in them just makes it worse
Same, it makes me feel really squeamish and ill.
Literally, i almost die omgg
fr- I feel sick to my stomach when I think too hard about veins 🤢
@Abraham Johnathan I know but if Icut myself I only cut my skin but his vein is basically right under the skin and it is so fucking big
I wish all nurses would know this!
I have rolling veins. Thanks for sharing this information.👍🏼
Is it just me find his veiny hand beautiful?
We are here! ❤️
Veiny hand's are so sexy ❤️
It's more common than you think, especially among women.
I hate when this happens! Phlebotomy is fascinating for me in practice but so frustrating when veins are trickier because I always want to provide the best possible care for my patients (especially in pediatrics which is my field). Thankyou for sharing!
It's kinda fun when I hear a nurse say I have good veins. I'm glad they're excited to poke me. Sorry about spending too much time on the chair after the draw every single time. I know you thought I'd be easy :(
Been watching your videos for years! You literally helped me get through nursing school with your study videos! You’re incredible! THANK YOU! ❤️
Red Cross volunteers, watch and learn! Damn, if there were only more trained and knowledgeable folks like you at the Red Cross , I’d come donate more often.
I had such a terrible experience trying to give blood. The person told me not to try again...took too long. Like I guess I should have been an open faucet??
Me: that looks REALLY uncomfortable
Also me: _watches anyway_
That’s neat! How about blood draw 🩸 from the inner arm with rolling veins ? 😬
YES
Same thing. Always anchor. Got to select the best vein. You can tell which ones will roll after years of experience
Dosent happen there so much
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Your channel is so awesome!
When I was in the military the nurses would always make a big deal about how my veins would bulge-- I still don't understand their excitement, lol
Means you had great blood flow. They're probably used to to having to fighting to find someones veins so when someone with bulging veins come around, it's a great and welcomed surprise. That's just my guess atleast lol
I’m sure that’s not the only thing they were happy about bulging 😉
I was a phlebotomist for 20 yrs & taught phlebotomy at local college. I always anchored the veins above and below my target area with thumb below & index finger above. It holds it tight.
i do that too it works for me and i am so expert on veins that i can take 98 percent of my pt blood with all kinds of veins..i am an HCA all nurses and doctors call me in as i am the last resort..there are many tips and trick which no one teaches one learns on its on if one is passionate of what you do.
You should not be anchoring veins on both sides when using vacuum tubes to collect blood, it leads to collapsed/damaged vein far, far more often, and this is not the case with anchoring only on one end, like she does in this video.
all veins roll. It’s your job to anchor it. Perks of being a phlebotomist before becoming a nurse. I still feel phlebotomy should be a pre-Req for nursing.
@@rdizzy1 interesting! Good to know, thank you!
"He is stable eyes" love it 😅
This is brilliant! Thanks sister!