I was working a shift in an ER and an ER nurse insisted that we needed a filter to reduce the risk of air bubbles. They also wanted to put it on a syringe pump which peds said they do not use them on...
Well, it varies. In my job as a PCT at a small rural hospital ER, we trained in the lab to draw blood for six hours and did EKGs. We also inserted foleys and straight cathed patients. We didn't really...