HPIs

Question 1

Chronology of HPI Elements

Answer 1

1. Complaint & Onset
2. MOI [what happened, how it happened, where it happened]
3. Injuries sustained [L, Q, S, Radiation]
4. Modifying factors [aggravating factors, relieving factors, medication taken PTA]
5. ASx/Pert.Neg [LOC, Head injury, neck & back pain]
6. Context [previous injuries? initiating factors that brought pt into ED]

Question 2

PE RF

Answer 2

1. smoking
2. DVT or PE
3. Immobility
4. CA
5. Afib
6. BCP
7. Pregnancy

Question 3

Costochondritis

Answer 3

Inflammation of the cartilage that connects the breast bone to ribs- worsened by movement of torso