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<blockquote data-quote="ashthetash" data-source="post: 1764267" data-attributes="member: 451505"><p>Not seen the previous threads but. . .</p><p> </p><p>As a paramedic I generally ask the patient what finger they want me to use. I also try not to use the pad and certainly point out to my students that they shouldn't use the pad. This is partly for patient comfort but also because very early in my career a diabetic patient with significant visual problems pointed out the negative effect of constantly pricking the pads on the sensitivity of the finger which she used for braille.</p><p>If any healthcare professional needs to test you then they should give you the opportunity to choose which finger to test. If they start to go for the wrong one simply offer the finger you want to be tested on and insist that they use it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ashthetash, post: 1764267, member: 451505"] Not seen the previous threads but. . . As a paramedic I generally ask the patient what finger they want me to use. I also try not to use the pad and certainly point out to my students that they shouldn't use the pad. This is partly for patient comfort but also because very early in my career a diabetic patient with significant visual problems pointed out the negative effect of constantly pricking the pads on the sensitivity of the finger which she used for braille. If any healthcare professional needs to test you then they should give you the opportunity to choose which finger to test. If they start to go for the wrong one simply offer the finger you want to be tested on and insist that they use it. [/QUOTE]
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