History Taking

Question 1

What makes a history hard to get?

Answer 1

Unwilling owners, disagreement between owners, sidetracked owners etc

Question 2

Things you can do to optimize history taking?

Answer 2

Ask open ended questions, have questions, prepared, position yourself well, make eye contact, write later, don’t be judgemental

Question 3

What is the first question?

Answer 3

So what brings you in today?

Question 4

Questions to always ask when the pet is sick?

Answer 4

When did it start? Frequency? C/s/v/d? E/d? Lethargic? Lameness? Changes in behavior?

Question 5

What information do we want about new ownership pets?

Answer 5

Allergies, where the pet came from? Vaccine? Past medical info? Contact information? General behavior?

Question 6

What form do we put histories in?

Answer 6

SOAP

Question 7

What do we present to the doctor first?

Answer 7

Signalment and presenting complaint

Question 8

What is the number one mistake technicians make taking a history?

Answer 8

They don’t introduce themselves