Medical Simulation: Utilize, Inspire, Embrace , Verify

Abstract

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I too have experienced the enthusiasm of an individual seeking to learn a new task. More years ago than I care to elaborate and before the proliferation of health care simulators, I visited the ER with a painful ache and had an interesting training experience with a youthful ER nurse. She looked around possibly to see if anyone could help or oversee her and noting that everyone else was busy and my veins were attractively prominent, she promptly asked if I would mind if she practiced drawing blood. Under duress due to pain perhaps, I agreed. I am not sure if the art and science of phlebotomy include the part of chasing the vein with the needle under the epidermis or whether it is at the 3rd or 4th stick that phlebotomy starts to become something akin to torture but thankfully after the 4th stick, I received an apology and a surrender from the novice nurse and we waited for a more experienced practitioner.  That day I wished for a better way and hoped that no one else would need to endure the painful or even perilous results of such inexperience.
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