If a patient sitting in a chair faints during the venipuncture procedure,you should first:

A) remove the tourniquet
B) hold a bandage over the puncture site
C) withdraw the needle
D) help the patient carefully to the floor

Venipuncture Procedure

A medical procedure that involves puncturing a vein with a needle to draw blood for testing or to administer medication.

Tourniquet

Any constrictor used on an extremity to produce pressure on an artery and control bleeding; also used to distend veins for the withdrawal of blood or the insertion of a needle to instill intravenous injections.