Near disaster averted

Just a trick that I like to use is to ask the patient "so, is there any side you'd prefer that I take your blood pressure on?". It just kind of helps me cover my basis if I forget to ask about any dialysis shunts or mastectomies. It actually saved me when doing an IV about a month ago when I asked this elderly woman "is there any side that you would prefer me to get your IV on?" and she told me "the right arm please, I had a mastectomy on the left".
 
Minnick27 said:
I had a partner who was in the back of the truck and the access started to bleed and she didn't apply pressure because she was so afraid of hurting the access.
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*facepalm*

How did she think they got the bleeding to stop after the treatment?
 
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