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In SAMPLE, what should symptoms include?

What the patient feels and reports is the key point.

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  1. Only injuries you can photograph
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  3. What the patient feels and reports ✔

Why: Begin with the chief complaint and what the patient notices. Their report is subjective information and belongs in your documentation.

Huh, didn't know that: Use the patient own words when possible.

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Answer: What the patient feels and reports. Begin with the chief complaint and what the patient notices. Their report is subjective information and belongs in your documentation.

  1. NOLS, Wilderness Medicine Acronyms www.nols.edu/blog/9-wilderness-medicine-acronyms-you-need-to-know
    Subjective: This information is told to you by patients or bystanders
    Checked 2026-10-21.

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