Read the Following Emergency Department Course Excerpt: She Had Poor

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Multiple Choice

Read the following Emergency Department Course excerpt: She had poor circulation, so she was given IVF and transfused with 2 units of blood (prbcs) . An ABG showed hypoxemia and hypercapnia, both of which improved on follow-up ABG after she was intubated. The pulmonology team was contacted; the team decided bronchoscopy would be best.
According to the excerpt, which of the following is NOT true?

• A) A team that specializes in the lungs was contacted.
• B) Her arterial blood gases revealed insufficient oxygen and excessive carbon dioxide.
• C) The ABG was most likely administered in order to test her blood circulation.
• D) The patient was given intravenous fluids and a blood transfusion.
• E) The patient will probably undergo a procedure to look inside her bronchi.

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Definitions:

Unobtrusive Measure

Research methods that do not involve direct interaction with the participants, minimizing the influence of the measurement process on the results.

Convergent Validity

The extent to which two measurements of constructs, which are expected to have a theoretical correlation, actually do exhibit a relationship.

Reactivity

The alteration of the behavior of study participants due to their awareness of being observed.

Interval Scale

A type of scale used in measurements that expresses the order of variables and also establishes a defined distance between variables, but lacks a true zero point.