keep going straight through the vein on the arm

[Ethan Visser]

got the kit, been practising. i find the vein fine but i keep pushing too far and going out the other side. flash of blood then nothing. what am i doing wrong

[Kabelo Mahlangu]

Classic. You’re going in too steep and too deep. Once you get the flash, basically stop. Lower your angle almost flat and advance just a tiny bit. You barely move after the flash.

[Dr Anton Scheepers]

Kabelo nailed it. The flash is your signal that the tip is in the lumen. Drop the angle close to parallel with the skin and advance only a couple of millimetres so the whole bevel is inside, then hold dead still. Most through-and-through misses are a steep angle plus too much forward push after the flash. Shallower and stiller fixes it. Do ten focusing only on stopping at the flash and you’ll feel the difference tonight.

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