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SOAP Exercise

Asthma exacerbation

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

19-year-old with wheezing and speaking in short phrases after soccer practice.

Coach reports patient has a history of asthma and an albuterol inhaler in his bag.

Report statements

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

Moderate asthma exacerbation with hypoxia.
Patient reports sudden chest tightness and wheezing.
SpO₂ 91% on room air.
Bilateral wheezes, RR 28, accessory muscle use.
Patient wore red cleats during practice.
Oxygen, bronchodilator per protocol, transport.
Used albuterol inhaler twice without relief.
Soccer field grass was recently mowed.

Trash (not charted)

0

Drop useless or irrelevant statements here

S, Subjective

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Drop statements here

O, Objective

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Drop statements here

A, Assessment

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Drop statements here

P, Plan

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Drop statements here