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SOAP Exercise

Opioid overdose

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

Young adult found unresponsive by roommate with drug paraphernalia nearby.

Roommate states patient has history of prescription opioid use. Unknown down time.

Report statements

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

SpO₂ 78% on room air, pulse 52.
Suspected opioid overdose with respiratory depression.
Unknown time of last use.
Roommate had been cooking dinner.
Unresponsive, pinpoint pupils, RR 6/min, cyanotic nail beds.
Airway positioning, ventilate, naloxone per protocol, transport.
Apartment number is 4B.
Roommate reports patient was using prescription opioids.

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