If you don't mind a bit of poking around you can probably find someone who was in the Army and took a combat lifesaver course. About 60%-70% of soldiers deployed go through a combat lifesaver course that entails learning how to hit a vein and get an IV running - from what I saw when I was forced to take that course (I pass out every time I get stuck with a needle of any kind - so I tried to get myself pulled from the class without success - I probably repressed a good chunk of that class) the classes average about 3% - 6% of people that are bad enough to pop a vein at some point in the course - most are able to hit a vein on the first attempt by the end of the course and you have to re-qualify every 6 months after taking it, but it likely wears off with lack of use.
On Monday, March 26, 2012 3:38:14 PM UTC-4, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:04 PM, mad_casual <ademlookes@gmail.com> wrote:--
> Lastly, I
> would recommend supervision when learning, but getting one's own blood out
> of one's own veins safely isn't difficult. Most junkies on the street have
> zero medical training and are too successful at getting needles into their
> own veins, even while stoned.Bringing some street junkies in to teach a class on DIY blood
withdrawl would probably generate as much if not more press than the
"homeless hotspot"
--
Nathan McCorkle
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Science, Biotechnology/Bioinformatics
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