Question

Scenario: You are assisting the radiology technician with Sally Salazar, a 6 -year-old Hispanic girl who was brought into the pediatrician's office with a suspected fracture of the right arm. Sally states she was "running at school, tripped on my shoelace, and fell." She tells you her "arm hurts," points out how "funny my arm looks," and starts to cry. You notice her arm looks disfigured and is covered with dirt. Sally is cradling her arm against her body and is unwilling to let go because "it's going to fall off.

Subjective observations: ________________________________

Objective findings: ____________________________________

Answer 1

Subjective data are the patients expression of the sign and symptoms like pain ,acidity etc .

Objective data are the measurable and observable through assessing vital signs , laboratory investigations , physical examination etc .

# In this case ,the subjective observations are :-

- pain in the right arm ( arm hurts )

- provides history of injury ( she was running at school, tripped on her shoelace, and fell." )

# Objective findings are :-

- disfigurement of arm

- cradling her arm against her body and is unwilling to let go because it's going to fall off