CHEST PAIN EXAM QUESTIONS &
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Established chief complaint - correct answer ✔✔Do you have chest pain?
Finding:
Reports chest pain
Asked about onset of pain - correct answer ✔✔When did your chest pain start?
Finding:
Reports chest pain started appearing in the past month
Asked about location of pain - correct answer ✔✔Where is the pain?
Finding:
Reports pain is in center of the chest
Does the pain radiate?
Finding:
Reports pain does not radiate
Are you experiencing arm pain?
Finding:
Denies arm pain
,Are you experiencing shoulder pain?
Finding:
Denies shoulder pain
Are you experiencing back pain?
Finding:
Denies back pain
Are you experiencing neck pain?
Finding:
Denies neck pain
Asked about duration of pain episodes - correct answer ✔✔How long does your chest pain last?
Finding:
Reports each pain episode lasted "several" minutes
Asked about frequency of pain - correct answer ✔✔How many times in the last month have you
had chest pain?
Finding:
Reports 3 pain episodes in past month
Did the episodes seem associated?
Finding:
Reports that pain episodes did not seem related
Asked about severity of pain - correct answer ✔✔How would you rate your pain on a scale of
zero to ten?
, Finding:
Reports current pain is 0 out of 10
How would you rate your pain on a scale of zero to ten?
Finding:
Reports pain severity at its worst is 5 out of 10
Asked about characteristics of pain - correct answer ✔✔What makes the pain worse?
Finding:
Reports pain is aggravated by exertion
What activity triggered the pain?
Finding:
Reports pain occurred with yard work and taking stairs
Is the pain worse when you eat?
Finding:
Reports pain does not worsen with eating
Is the pain worse after you eat spicy food?
Finding:
Reports pain does not worsen after spicy foods
Is the pain worse after you eat high-fat foods?
Finding:
Reports pain does not worsen after high-fat foods