Shirt dripping with blood

[guitarpete247]

This is not quite as gory as the title suggests.
Last night I went to donate my 73rd pint, so I'm not a newcomer. Regards the end of my donation session a male nurse thought I was a little slow so upped the pressure on the cuff. When the nurse who was dealing with me came she said I'd finished so clamped off the tubing and turned to get the dressing pack. When she turned back she spotted I'd leaked a bit from the side of the needle. Blood was running down my arm and into the bottom of the donation chair, dripping onto the floor and my coat. When they had cleaned my arm and put blue roll paper on the chair beneath me they dressed my arm and got me off the chair.
It was now they discovered that my t-shirt was soaked in blood. Don't know how much but a little does go a long way. After mopping the shirt they decided to let me have a bag for my shirt and gave me a new t-shirt to go home in.
I've never had this happen before and wonder if it's down to having the pressure increased on the cuff and my nurse not being aware of it
I think I'll use the left arm next time.

 

[midlife]

Oooops, it's venous pressure so usually no problems. I wonder if the connection in the tube was faulty?

Have they stopped tea and biscuits nowadays?

Shaun

 

[guitarpete247]

No. You still get tea and biscuits. GF was with me but couldn't give as she has a throat infection. She was helping the nurses mop me down. So I suppose I'd taken her out for a meal.
Don't know how I managed to avoid getting blood on my jeans.

 

[Gatters]

No. You still get tea and biscuits. GF was with me but couldn't give as she has a throat infection. She was helping the nurses mop me down. So I suppose I'd taken her out for a meal.
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Great tip Pete, I'll remember that one

 

[ufkacbln]

No. You still get tea and biscuits. GF was with me but couldn't give as she has a throat infection. She was helping the nurses mop me down. So I suppose I'd taken her out for a meal.
Don't know how I managed to avoid getting blood on my jeans.

Good news is that you are now able to state that your girlfriend is not a vampire

 

[Pale Rider]

When I had a blood transfusion the joint to the cannula leaked, dripping blood down my arm and on to the ward floor.

I gave the nurses a shout, after all no one likes short measure.

One of them attempted a repair with sticky tape.

The joint still leaked, but not as much.

 

[CopperCyclist]

I've had no issues when I've been. Went with a mate a couple of times, and we competed on "who could fill the bag fastest".

I won, so guess I have the dubious award of knowing I'd bleed out quickly in a car crash...

 

[guitarpete247]

I've never had a problem in over 30 years of being a blood doner. I did spring a leak once when pushed myself off the bed with the wrong arm.

 

[Globalti]

I used to give blood twice a year until they got paranoid because I travel to Africa on business; they must think I've got either AIDS or malaria. I find the assumption that I'm sexually promiscuous quite irritating.

 

[Fnaar]

The first time I went to give blood, they turned it down, saying a quick test showed I was anaemic. The doc told me to drink Guinness regularly. This was 1986. I haven't looked back. The Guinness seemed to work.

 

[Tim Hall]

I used to give blood twice a year until they got paranoid because I travel to Africa on business; they must think I've got either AIDS or malaria. I find the assumption that I'm sexually promiscuous quite irritating.

I don't think you need to be sexually promiscuous to catch malaria.

 

[slowmotion]

I don't think you need to be sexually promiscuous to catch malaria.

A bit off topic but I read about a study of malaria which found that newly married remote tribesmen and women had a higher incidence of malaria than other groups. The researchers concluded that it was because they got sweatier at night. Mosquitoes are attracted to sweat.