Blood Typing Worksheet – Active Learning Exercise Directions: Write your answers in the blanks provided. Be specific, including (+) or (-) in the blood type if needed. Unless specified, you may assume that any person with Rh negative blood has been previously exposed to Rh factor. Three Major Rules for Blood Typing: 1. Blood types are determined by the presence or absence of surface antigens (A, B, Rh) 2. The body produces antibodies against whatever RBC surface antigen(s) it does not have *Rh- blood must be exposed to Rh factor in order to produce Rh antibodies 3. The interaction between the recipient’s antibodies and the donor’s surface antigens determines compatibility. 1. A person with Type O+ blood has which surface antigen(s)? __Surface antigen D 2. A person with Type AB- blood has which antibody/antibodies in his/her blood plasma? ___ Antibodies for RH factors (D) 3. Sara has only anti-A antibodies in her blood plasma. If she has not been exposed to any other blood, what type is she most likely to be? B4. A patient with blood type B- needs a transfusion. You have blood types B+, A-, and AB- available for transfusion. Which of the available blood types, if any, can you give her? ____ None 5. A patient with blood type B+ needs a transfusion. You have blood types B-, A+, and AB- available. Which of the available blood types, if any, can you give him? _____ B6. Albert has type A- blood. He can donate blood to patients with which blood type(s)? Blood types A- and AB7. A mother is O- and is carrying her second child, which, like her first child, is O+. Should she be concerned about hemolytic disease of the newborn? Why or why not? Yes since during her first pregnancy Antigen D was introduced to the mother, her body produced anitbodies to attack thr Antigen D on the fetus 8. Aaron is being tested for transfusion compatibility. A sample of his blood is exposed to the three different types of blood antibodies. His blood sample agglutinates in the presence of anti-A antibodies, but not in the presence of anti-B antibodies or anti-Rh antibodies. What blood type is Aaron A+ 9. Mary has type A- blood, Sheila has type AB- blood, and Lisa has type O- blood. Who is able to donate blood to whom? __ Lisa can donate to both Mary and Sheila, Mary can donate blood to Sheila and Sheila can not donate blood to either Mary or Lisa. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 10. A teenager is brought into the hospital for emergency surgery after a car wreck. An immediate blood transfusion is needed, but you have no time to determine the teen’s blood type. What blood type should you use? ___ O-