mycrofft
Still crazy but elsewhere
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Over the years I developed my personal order of questions for the patient, working on the premise that something might d/c the questioning at any time, like loss of consciousness or the room catching fire.
The first three are these:
Are you allergic to anything?
Are you taking any medications on a regular basis? Are you supposed to be?
What is the matter?
My reasoning:
1. I don't want to kill this pt with an allergy I precipitate (doing no harm).
2. I don't want to precipitate a drug interaction or overdose, and the drugs listed will give me a clue as to history.
3. By this time I'm looking, feeling, smelling and vital-signing the pt and filling in the blanks. I try for subjective description of feelings and events, then their history as they understand it. Their doctor's name also, but that is #4, we can treat based on the information gathered so far.
What about you?
The first three are these:
Are you allergic to anything?
Are you taking any medications on a regular basis? Are you supposed to be?
What is the matter?
My reasoning:
1. I don't want to kill this pt with an allergy I precipitate (doing no harm).
2. I don't want to precipitate a drug interaction or overdose, and the drugs listed will give me a clue as to history.
3. By this time I'm looking, feeling, smelling and vital-signing the pt and filling in the blanks. I try for subjective description of feelings and events, then their history as they understand it. Their doctor's name also, but that is #4, we can treat based on the information gathered so far.
What about you?