The Benefits of Blood Drawing Chairs

If you have the pleasure of drawing blood from patients, you know that it is not the most sought after job in the world. You are not exactly the most popular person in the doctor's office or clinic. Patients are coming to you because they are sick and need tests done, or they have health concerns that need careful monitoring. In any case, they are already tired of being poked and prodded. So, if there is anything you can do to make the patient a little more comfortable and your job a little easier, now is the time to take action. For example, have you ever thought of the benefits of blood drawing chairs?

Blood drawing chairs are more than just a place to sit. They are a means of supporting the patient both physically and mentally, while you are doing your job. The chair has a specially designed armrest to position the arm at the most advantageous angle for you to draw blood, while providing the patient a place to rest, while you are taking their blood.

From Personal Experience

But, it is so much more than that, because you and your patient can be seated across from each other, and eye to eye, during the whole process. As a patient who has had blood drawn countless times, it is extremely important to foster an atmosphere of comfort, trust and care, if you are going to take something as valuable as my life blood. 

I need to feel like you are not just there to do your job and get a paycheck. I want to know that you care about my comfort. I also need to be able to talk to you about anything other than what you are doing. Although I am not like some people who will actually faint, I do not like to watch multiple vials of my blood being put into your little slotted carrier.

Despite the fact that I intellectually know anyone who has to draw blood is just doing what the doctor ordered, I want to know that my comfort and care is just as important at this juncture as another other procedure I might have yet to undergo or have endured in the past.

Making your Job Easier

Blood drawing chairs actually make your job easier. Like many other patients you may have on a daily basis, if I am having my blood drawn, it usually means I might be anemic or I am exhibiting symptoms that make me feel weak and sickly. At these times, it is hard to even hold my arm up and out, let alone be calm and still, so you will only have to poke my veins once. For the patients who have small, thin, or collapsing veins, it is even more imperative that they are comfortable and the arm is at the appropriate angle for you to have the best chance of drawing blood.

In short, unless you are a patient who has to undergo frequent blood draws, maybe you do not think about the benefits of blood drawing chairs. But believe me, any furniture or equipment that can make the patient experience a little more comfortable and your job a little easier is well worth the investment.