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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.

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

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