History taking

Question 1

What types of communication can be used when taking a patients history?

Answer 1

one way
two way
open questions
closed questions

Question 2

What barriers to communication could you come across, how could these be overcome?

Answer 2

language barriers

level of understanding

Question 3

What is asked during the presenting complaint part of history taking?

Answer 3

Patients own words of what is wrong with them

Question 4

What is asked during the history of presenting complaint part of history taking?

Answer 4

SOCRATES

Question 5

What is asked during the previous medical and surgical history part of history taking?

Answer 5

Chronological order of any common medical conditions they might have or had, and any surgerys

Question 6

What is asked during the drug history part of history taking?

Answer 6

What drugs do they take? to make it easier Is there a prescription list? Do they take everything on the list and is it updated?

Any other OTC, or illicit drugs?

Question 7

What is asked during the family history part of history taking?

Answer 7

Any relatives die young, if so why?

Any medical history in CLOSE family members?

Question 8

What is asked during the social history part of history taking?

Answer 8

Smoke, alcohol use
Sedentary?
Stress levels?

Question 9

What is the order of sections under history taking?

Answer 9

Presenting complaint
history of presenting complaint
drug history
family history
social history

Question 10

What does SOCRATES stand for?

Answer 10

Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Associations
Time 
Exacerbating and relieving factors
Severity

Question 11

What questions could be asked for the first S of Socrates (Site)?

Answer 11

Where is the pain?

Where is the main site of pain?

Question 12

What questions could be asked for the O of Socrates (Onset)?

Answer 12

When did the pain start, was it sudden or gradual?

Is it progressive, regressive, intermittent?

Question 13

What questions could be asked for the C of Socrates (Character)?

Answer 13

How would you describe the pain?

Question 14

What questions could be asked for the R of Socrates (radiation)?

Answer 14

Does the pain radiate anywhere else?

Question 15

What questions could be asked for the A of Socrates (associations)?

Answer 15

Any other signs or symptoms associated with the pain?

Question 16

What questions could be asked for the T of Socrates (Time)?

Answer 16

How long has the pain been present?

Does it follow any pattern?

Question 17

What questions could be asked for the E of Socrates (Exacerbating and relieving factors)?

Answer 17

does anything make the pain better or worse?

Does anything change the pain?

Question 18

What questions could be asked for the last S of Socrates (Severity)?

Answer 18

How bad is the pain from 0-10?