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SOAP Exercise

Chest pain: stable

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

50-year-old with intermittent chest discomfort, now pain-free at rest.

Pain began during yard work. Has nitroglycerin at home but has not taken any.

Report statements

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

Patient describes pressure-like chest pain lasting 20 minutes, now resolved.
Denies radiation, shortness of breath, or diaphoresis currently.
12-lead, aspirin per protocol, IV access, transport.
Neighbor offered coffee after EMS arrived.
BP 134/82, pulse 78 regular, SpO₂ 98%.
Resolved chest pain, possible ACS, cannot rule out.
Alert, skin warm and dry, no JVD, lungs clear.
Lawn mower brand is not clinically relevant.

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