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SOAP Exercise

Abdominal pain

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

34-year-old with RLQ pain, nausea, low-grade fever for 12 hours.

Pain worsens with movement. No prior abdominal surgeries.

Report statements

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

One episode of vomiting, no diarrhea.
Pain started periumbilical then moved to RLQ.
Possible acute appendicitis.
BP 122/78, pulse 96, RR 18.
RLQ tenderness with guarding, temp 38.1°C.
Patient ate pizza two days ago without issue.
NPO, IV access, transport.
Hospital parking garage was full.

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