How this exercise works
Sort ALS narrative elements into SOAP sections or discard non-clinical filler. Advanced calls include more objective data, interventions, and reassessment findings.
Fundamental concept
Building paramedic PCRs that capture interventions, reassessment, medical direction, and critical time stamps for ALS calls.
Read: Advanced ALS Documentation & SOAP Narratives →Scenario
Agitated male TASERed by law enforcement: hyperthermia, combative, diaphoresis.
Police on scene; scene secured. Unknown drug use reported by officers.
Report statements
Drag each sentence into the correct SOAP section, or into the trash if it does not belong in the chart.
Temp 40.1°C, HR 148, BP 168/100, SpO₂ 95% on room air.
Officer badge number documented separately.
Unknown substance use; history unknown.
Excited delirium syndrome with hyperthermia — high mortality risk.
Combative, diaphoretic, skin hot; pupils 6 mm bilaterally.
Officers report bizarre behavior, stripping clothes, smashing window.
Street parking meter expired.
Sedation per protocol, rapid cooling, cardiac monitor, transport; restraint only as needed for safety.
Trash — not charted
0Drop useless or irrelevant statements here
S — Subjective
0Drop statements here
O — Objective
0Drop statements here
A — Assessment
0Drop statements here
P — Plan
0Drop statements here
