General questions asked in the emergency room?

Question

Hi. I would like to know what questions are generally asked in the ER when one is sent to the hospital. Since my parents don't know much English, I would like to get them prepared for answering questions that might be possibly asked in the ER, just in case anything bad happens to my family. I do appreciate your help. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Hi I'm a med student, so I think I may be able to help. We are trained to ask these questions or similar in most cases, however many of the questions vary depending on the trauma, disease, illness.

CC: chief complaint (why you are there)

HPI (history of present illness): includes 7 attributes of a symptom
1. cronology (when did it start)
2. location (where did it start, is there any radiation or movement to another body part)
3. quality (how does it feel: sharp, stabbing, burning ect.)
4. quantity (how many times per day, pain on a scale of 1-10 with 10 as the worst)
5. Aggrivating Factors (things that make it worse)
6. Aleviating Factors (things that make it better)
7. Precipitating factors (something you may have done to cause the illness, strain, over working, other things).

The HPI also includes questions to try to gain more information about the illness and the 7 questions listed above.

Medications they are currently taking: perscription, over the counter (aspirin, tylenol, ibprofen, vitamines, and others), herbal or nutritional supplements

Allergies: Seasonal, Drug Allergies: to what and what happens

PMHx: Past Medical History
Major Illnesses
Hospitalizations: any time for anything (trauma, child birth, surgeries, and other things).
Major injuries
Trauma (bone breaks, car accidents and other things)
Immunizations
Current Disease States: do you have........(any number of things, Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, strokes, seizures, depression) anything you are being treated for, they will ask the history of these and treatments you have tried

Personal History:
Home life
Pets
Who do you live with
Military History
Travel History
Where were you born
Alcohol use: how much, how often
Drug use: how much, how often
Smoking or tobacco use: how much, how often
Sexual history: diseases, preferences (men, women, both)

Family History:
Parents/ Grandparents/ Syblings/ Children: medical conditions and treatments, age of death, complications
Other Relatives with similar diseases to what you are in with

ROS: Review of systoms: this is a run through of the other body systems to find symptoms you may have missed. We start at the head and work down.

General: nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, diarrhea, constipation

Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, Throat: problems with headaches, head pain, ringing in the ears, problems hearing, ear pain, dizziness, is the room spinning, blurred vision, black spots in vision, eye pain, runny nose, bleeding nose, polyps in the nose, trouble breathing through nose, sore throat, difficulty swollowing, pain with swollowing, heart burn, mouth pain, dental pain, tongue pain, lesions in the mouth

Cardiac: Heart
palpitations, fast heart rate, heart problems, pain, shortness of breath

Lungs:
shortness of breath, trouble breathing while laying down or getting up, do you have to sit on the side of the bed at night because you can't breathe, get winded easily, pain with breathing

GI: gasterointestinal
Heart burn, vomiting blood, cramps, stomach pain, intestinal pain, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, blood in the stool, color of the stool, consistency of the stool, pain with defication, incontinance

GU: genitourinary
problems urinating, blood in the urine, painful urination, color of urine, odor of urine, incontinance, problems with menstruation, cramps, burning, frequency or urgency to urinate, genital problems

Skin:
rashes, lesions, hair problems, nail problems, odd moles

Endocrine:
heat or cold intolerance, changes in feeling or sensation in hands aand feet, feel thirsty alot, get up to the bathroom at night frequently, frequent urination during the day time

Musculo-Skeletal:
bone pain, joint pain, inflammations or swelling, muscle pain, soreness in muscles or bones

These are not necessarily the questions they will be asked they may be asked others or not even this many. Hope this helps

Answer 2

There are several questions ased such as do the person tae any medicine? Another question is what health insurance does the family have if any? Does this person have any allergies? What is the persons social security number? Does this person have anyone else to contact in case of an emerganymaybe another family member? How did the accident happen? Why was the person brought in by paramedics? That should be all the questions that the doctors and nurses ask. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Your parents should have a doctor they can call. There will be someone at an E.R. that can help them. But they need a doctor more for regular medical things than they do an E.R.

The doctor needs their medical histories and check their vitals. They need to stay healthy so they do not require a trip to the E.R.

Answer 4

Are there any risks involved in the operation?
If yes then ask yourself is it worth taking the risks and decide for youself.

that is all you need to ask

Answer 5

They ask your name, if you are allergic to anything, if you have been taking medications, what was the problem in general!!

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

what happened?

how did it happen?

on a scale of 1-10 how much does it hurt?

when did this happen?

where is the injury?

can you lift your arms?

'' '' '' ''' legs?

etc.

good luck!

Answer 7

Is it terminal?

how long will it take to heal?

What is best thing for him or her right now to recover?

How long will he or she be in Intensive Care.

Answer 8

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