Not gonna risk my health for a few bucks. I don't trust the medical system or the diversity hire nurses who will be sticking the needle in your vein.
"Not gonna risk my health for a few bucks." Me neither. That's why I want its weight in gold. They take around 470ml of blood and gold is around $63 USD per gram. So for a pint of blood you will have to pay me $30K. People might think this is cold and heartless, but most of the people who need my blood have been wishing a slow and painful covid death upon me for the last 2 years. So fuck them!
Family member was a blood donator for several years - until about three years ago. Went in for her regular 6 month blood draw, all set up on the machine and started felling funky (later found out she was having an allergenic reaction to the coagulant, unable to give blood anymore) Her vision went - painful pins and needles, fainted, just had enough time to tell the nurse 'I dont feel right' . Distinctly recalls the nurse freaking out going 'oh no - what do we do ??' and then started reversing the machine flow to pump all the extracted blood back in to her - which would of meant she would get a much more massive dose of the anticoagulant - the other nurse apparently ran over stopped her and told her ' No, you never ever do that - follow procedure'. I remarked no wonder there are so many deaths during routine operations, paid professional panics, has no idea, literally almost kills the patient. She's in for two doses plus one booster so far/ smh.
women panic when things don't go according to the plan
It's not only a woman thing.
There's people who fight, flee, or freeze.
The problem is there is no real standardized test to test for someone's reaction under pressure.
So someone can go through all of this training and all kinds of simulations and it is all just a game until shit hits the fan and they can't handle the pressure.
Agreed - literally a set procedure/ protocol to follow - extensively drilled during training/ use with the equipment. Panics and Forgets everything - then attempts to do the exact opposite of what the procedure says to do. (iirc, something like Immediately stop the blood extraction - disconnect lines from both arms - triage - Begin administering saline solution with some specific counter-anticoagulant drug - Not drown the patient's blood by introducing even more anticoagulant) Suggested she make a Formal complaint about the Nurse (and lack of adhering to training etc) - Brushes it off with ' Too much hassle - just an honest mistake'. Still smh.
Utter bullshit!
Even worse...a diversity hire phlebotomist. Nurses at least require a degree. Phlebos just need a certification.
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