SOCRATES Flashcards
1
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S
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Site - Where exactly is the pain?
2
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O
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Onset - what exactly where you doing when the pain started?
3
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C
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Character - What does the pain feel like? (sting, sharp, stabbing, crushing, throbbing)
4
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R
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Radiates - Does the pain go anywhere?
5
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A
A
Associated symptoms? (nausea, vomiting, pyrexia)
6
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T
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Time/ duration - How long have they had the pain?
7
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E
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Exacerbating/relieving factors - Does anything make the pain better or worse?
8
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Severity - Obtain a pain score (0 being no pain, 10 being terrible)
