Physical Exam Questions

Question 1

OPQRST

Answer 1

Onset, Provication, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time

Question 2

O questions

Answer 2

What were you doing when it started? Was it sudden or gradual?

Question 3

P questions

Answer 3

Does the pain go anywhere? Is the pain related to any bodily function? Does anything make it better?

Question 4

Q questions

Answer 4

Can you describe the pain? Is the pain constant? Can you describe the pain?

Question 5

R questions

Answer 5

Where do you feel the pain and where does it go?

Question 6

S questions

Answer 6

How severe is the pain on a scale of 1-10?

Question 7

T questions

Answer 7

When did the pain start?

Question 8

SAMPLE

Answer 8

Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past Hx, Last oral intake, Events leading up to the event

Question 9

S questions

Answer 9

Chief complaint, what happened? MOI/NOI

Question 10

A questions

Answer 10

Are you have any allergies? prescription medications?

Question 11

M questions

Answer 11

Do you take any medications? over the counter or prescription? Any recreational drugs?

Question 12

P questions

Answer 12

Do you have any medical conditions?

Question 13

L questions

Answer 13

Last food or drink?

Question 14

E questions

Answer 14

What were the events leading up to the incident?

Question 15

What are the three types of abdominal pain?

Answer 15

Visceral, Somatic and Referred

Question 16

Visceral pain is usually an indicator of pain in which organs?

Answer 16

Hollow organs, stomach, bladder, intestines, appendix

Question 17

Somatic pain is usually an indicator of pain in which organs?

Answer 17

Solid organs, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys

Question 18

Visceral pain symptoms?

Answer 18

crampy, colicky and comes and goes. Hard to pinpoint

Question 19

Somatic pain symptoms?

Answer 19

localized, constant and sharp that is worsened with movement

Question 20

Two common referred pain sources?

Answer 20

kidney stones and MI