In an Emergency Situation When You Have No Time to Wait

question 69

Multiple Choice

In an emergency situation when you have no time to wait for cross-matched blood you could give a patienttype ________ until the cross-match is available.

• A) A positive
• B) O negative
• C) B negative
• D) AB positive
• E) AB negative

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Definitions:

Placebo Effect

A psychological phenomenon where patients experience real improvements in their condition after receiving a treatment with no therapeutic value, simply because they believe it is effective.

Participants' Expectations

Refers to the beliefs or assumptions held by individuals participating in a study about what will happen to them or what they are supposed to do, which can influence the outcomes of research.

Single-blind Study

A research experimental design in which the participants do not know which group (experimental or control) they are in, to prevent bias, while the researchers do.

Experimental Group

the group in an experiment that receives the treatment or intervention being tested.