[pct-l] SOAP Note For Trail Use

[Tortoise73 at charter.net (Tortoise)]

Ok, "Doc". for those of us not in the know, what do these abbreviations 
stand for?

LOC (AVPU)

HR/min

RR/min

SCTM

BP			(blood pressure ?)

Pupils			(eye pupils ?? what observation, pupils equal in size, 
responsive to light???)

Temp.


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Tortoise

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Using Mozilla Thunderbird  http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Michael Lissner wrote:
> For those of you that know what one is, I just resurrected my ultralight 
> SOAP note and put it on aidshike.org.
> 
> The place to look is 
> http://www.aidshike.org/assets/spreadsheets/SOAPA_note.xls
> 
> For those of you that don't know what a SOAP note is, a SOAP note is 
> essentially what those that arrive first to the scene of an emergency 
> use to collect their thoughts and observations in an organized, complete 
> and legally presentable fashion. These are said to be incredibly useful 
> documents when you're not at your sharpest state of mind, and I highly 
> recommend that anybody with first aid training consider carrying one (or 
> two) of these in their first aid kit (luckily I haven't had to use one).
> 
> This SOAP note differs from your standard one for a couple of reasons. 
> One, because it is designed to fit on half a sheet of paper rather than 
> a full sheet, it's ultralight. Two, it's designed for outdoor use rather 
> than the urban environment, so it includes vital signs that might not be 
> as important when medical care is an ambulance away; things that might 
> hint at slow developing problems like rising intercranial pressure (ICP).
> 
> Anyway, hope this helps to keep everybody safe, and I humbly apologize 
> for the cross posting.
> 
> -Dr. Patch O'Malley IV
> 
> PS In trail name only do I wear the prefix "Dr"
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