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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
I especially like getting the blood-gasses tested with the larger needle that has to get arterial blood. Because of this the needle has to go about half way through your wrist and bounce off the bone, ligaments and nerves all while bending the needle and moving around to find the artery.
that should ease the phobia of some of the posters 
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Yeah, I usually get those butterfly needles in my wrist when they take blood because they can never find anything in my arm after 10 tries on both sides.. and I have no problem watching that. But that one.. maybe I might look out the window.