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SOAP Exercise

Ambulatory MVC patient

How this exercise works

Read each report sentence, then drag it into Subjective (what the patient says), Objective (what you measure or observe), Assessment (your clinical impression), or Plan (treatments and transport). Drop irrelevant noise into the trash. Submit when every sentence is placed.

Fundamental concept

How structured Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan charting supports continuity of care and medicolegal accountability.

Read: SOAP Documentation for EMS Reports →

Scenario

Adult male walking at a bus-vs-car collision, talking in full sentences, scalp laceration with controlled bleeding.

Bystanders report he was the restrained driver. No airbag deployment. He denies loss of consciousness.

Report statements

Drag each sentence into the correct SOAP section, or into the trash if it does not belong in the chart.

Crew discussed where to get lunch after the call.
BP 128/80, pulse 84, RR 16, SpO₂ 99%.
Minor trauma without life threat.
Alert, ambulatory, scalp lac 6 cm with controlled bleeding.
Complains of scalp pain rated 4/10.
Patient states he was a restrained driver and self-extricated.
Bandage, transport for evaluation.
Patient mentioned his favorite sports team lost last night.

Trash (not charted)

0

Drop useless or irrelevant statements here

S, Subjective

0

Drop statements here

O, Objective

0

Drop statements here

A, Assessment

0

Drop statements here

P, Plan

0

Drop statements here