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This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the chest pain assessment and the OPQRST mnemonic. Read each question fully and make sure you understand what the question is asking before you answer. Some questions are select all that apply, these will be marked by square check boxes. After answering all questions to the best of your ability, click the “Submit” button at the bottom of the page. Your score will be shown at the bottom of the page after submission. You may reset this quiz as many times as you would like.

1 OPQRST can only be used for chest pain.

True
False

2 What is the best answer for what the "R" in OPQRST stands for?

Ringing
Radiation
Rhonchi
Rhabdomyolysis

3 How would you best ask about the "Q" in OPQRST?

What is the quality of your pain?
What is the quantity of your pain from 0 to 10?
What is the quantity of your pain from 0 to 10 with 0 being none and 10 being the worst pain you've ever felt?
What does the pain feel like?

4 When an EMT asks a person to "point to the pain" and "show me where it goes", what aspect/s of OPQRST are they asking about?

Onset
Provocation
Palliation
Quality
Region
Radiation
Severity
Time

5 Your patient has 6/10 chest pain that occurred 15 minutes ago after an argument with a spouse and has steadily gotten worse. The patient is 32 years old with no medications, history, or allergies and points to pain in the center of their chest with no radiation. The patient is tachypneic and tachycardic with normal skin signs. The pain is provoked by deep inspiration and palpation but not positioning. This chest pain

Is cardiac in origin.
Is musculoskeletal in origin.
Could be cardiac in origin, but is most likely musculoskeletal.
Could be musculoskeletal in origin, but is most likely cardiac.

6 The Onset and Time in OPQRST are the same and can be used interchangeably.

True
False

7 Which medications below are significant when assessing a patient complaining of chest pain?

Nitroglycerin
Prostaglandin E1
Anticonvulsants
Antihypertensives
Birth control
None of the above

8 What is a difference between pain caused by angina and pain caused by an MI.

Anginal pain is generally less severe than that of an MI.
MI pain is generally less severe than that of angina.
Anginal pain generally lasts for a shorter time (often less than 20 minutes) than pain from an MI.
MI pain generally lasts for a shorter time (often less than 20 minutes) than pain from an MI.

9 What risk factors will predispose a patient to cardiopulmonary disease?

Family History
Smoking
Hypertension
Hyperlipidemia
Diabetes
None of these

10 Which of the following could cause chest pain?

Myocardial Infarction
Unstable Angina
Open Book Fracture
Cholecystitis
Thoracic Aortic Dissection
Diverticulosis
Anxiety
Pulmonary Embolus


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Authors Josh Hantke, Catherine Mohr
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Language English (en)
Translations Turkish
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Created July 9, 2021 by Catherine Mohr
Modified March 1, 2023 by Felipe Schenone
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