Email this article Readiness of Nurses to Collect Venous Blood from Victims in Emergency Situations upon Their Mass Admission to Medical Organizations
- Authors: Bulycheva E.V.1, Kharashun E.A.2
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Affiliations:
- Orenburg State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
- City Clinical Hospital named after A.K.Yeramishantsev of the Moscow City Health Department
- Issue: No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 46-51
- Section: Clinical Aspects of Disaster Medicine
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2070-1004/article/view/357665
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.33266/2070-1004-2025-1-46-51
- ID: 357665
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Summary. The purpose of the study is to analyze the readiness of nurses to collect venous blood from victims in emergency situations (ES) upon their mass admission to health care organizations (HCOs). Research materials and methods. The research materials are data from a sociological survey of procedural nurses in order to identify their level of knowledge, skills, and abilities in performing the medical procedure of collecting venous blood for laboratory testing. The survey was conducted anonymously on the Telegram platform. Additionally, to clarify the level of skills in performing blood collection and sample preparation, an expert audit was conducted among procedural nurses in 25 departments of a large city multidisciplinary LMO. Research methods – analytical method and generalization method. Research results and their analysis. Analysis of the research results showed that most procedural nurses do not experience difficulties in collecting venous blood. However, every third nurse with 5-10 years of experience experiences difficulties in carrying out this procedure, and more than half of the nurses faced the need to re-collect venous blood. In addition, every third nurse does not follow the recommendations for performing procedures related to the use of a tourniquet and patient identification. The most typical errors made by nurses when collecting venous blood for laboratory tests are: lack of primary mixing of the sample; lack of mixing of test tubes; horizontal arrangement of test tubes with collected venous blood and violation of sample collection to the required filling mark. It was concluded that the results of the study showed the need to improve the readiness of nurses in procedure rooms to collect venous blood for laboratory tests in the event of a mass admission of victims in emergency situations to medical institutions.
About the authors
E. V. Bulycheva
Orenburg State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Email: bulycheva_yekaterina@list.ru
Orenburg
E. A. Kharashun
City Clinical Hospital named after A.K.Yeramishantsev of the Moscow City Health Department
Email: bulycheva_yekaterina@list.ru
Moscow
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