ASSESSMENT CHEST PAIN
QUESTIONS
Admin
[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
, Asked about heart
problems Denies heart
problems Asked about
heartbeat
- reports normal heartbeat
- reports normal heart rate
- denies palpitations
- denies arrhythmia
Asked about high blood pressure
- denies high blood pressure
- reports last blood pressure check Finding:
- reports last blood pressure check 140 over 80 or 90
- reports belief that current blood pressure is on the high side of
normal range Asked about heart murmur
Denies heart
murmur Asked
about swelling
Denies swelling other than foot
wound Asked about blue skin
Denies blue skin
Asked about cardiac tests
- Denies having a stress test
- Denies having an echocardiogram
- Denies having a coronary artery CT
scan Asked about cardiac surgeries
- Denies having a heart catheterization
- Denies having angioplasty or stent
- Denies having a
pacemaker Asked about
chest pain
- Denies chest pain
- Denies angina
Asked about chest tightness
- Reports chest tightness during asthma exacerbations
- Denies current chest
tightness Asked about
breathing problems
- Reports wheezing
- Reports shortness of breath
- Denies waking at night, unable to breathe
- Denies sleep apnea
- Denies difficulty breathing when lying down
- Denies current breathing problems
Followed up on breathing problem
triggers
Reports breathing problems occur during asthma
exacerbations Asked about leg cramping
Denies leg