I went for a blood test the other day and confused my phlebotomist.

前几天我去验血，把我的抽血医生搞糊涂了。

Consider the robotic phlebotomist, equipped to ultrasonically confirm which vein is the best target, then draw blood or insert an IV.

想想看抽血机器人的状况，它可用超音波来确认哪条静脉抽血或注射的最佳目标。

Relax. I didn't kill anyone for it. This phlebotomist I went out with a few times, he's my supplier.

张。我没为了它杀人。我和这个放血医师约会过几次，他我的供商。

Well, I was going to say, I mean, yeah, becoming a writer or an editor seems like a wild choice to make when you could have become a phlebotomist.

好吧， 我要说的，成为作家或编辑似乎一个疯狂的选择， 尤你本可以成为一名采血员。

Narrator: As a former phlebotomist, Melissa knew that these small details would add to the realism, so she also focused on the viscosity of the blood.

作为前抽血员， 梅丽莎知道这些小细节会增加真实感，所以她还关注了血液的黏度。

Six weeks of training was all it took, she explained, to make the transition from eyelash technician to phlebotomist, which offered higher pay and better hours.

她解释说，从睫毛技师转行成为抽血技师，只需六周的培训，这不仅带来了更高的薪资，还有更佳的工作时间。

The phlebotomist will come to your house if you want, or you can go to a clinic.

采血员可以来你家里，或者你可以去诊所。

The problem, as testified by your columnist's phlebotomist, is that, in reality, holes are often filled by job-switchers, not the unemployed.

正如本专栏作者的抽血技师所证实的那样， 问题在于，实际上， 填补空缺的往往工作转换者，而非失业者。

(chuckling) - So Luke made some calls and soon enough we had an amazing, certified Bahamian phlebotomist on board.

（轻笑）——于卢克打了几个电话，很快我们就请到了一位出色的、持有认证的巴哈马籍采血师随行。