I palpated before I stuck and it was a vein there but somehow I missed it. I rerouted the needle and that was when I hit the artery. The patient did not bleed through the gauze but I am scared that...
I am a phlebotomy student in clinical right now. I am concerned about an accidental artery stick. A man came in the PSC for blood work and I went through the speech about being a student and I asked...