Just let me finish the report and you can get back to your day. Yes, you can tell that he has an 18g RAC, but what if I tell you "By the way, it took six sticks with the ultrasound to get him and it is positional, so don't think its blown if it flushes hard, just move his arm." The point I was getting at is that reports are meant to pass along data that you don't see in the charting. However, it takes me 3 seconds to say "John Smith, a 44M admitted for multiple contusions." I'm not going to recite his history, but if there is something relevant, I will point it out like, "He has a long history of CHF so his lungs sound pretty junky." We all have access to SBARs we can print off that drops in the relevant info. As always, do not rely on Reddit alone for answers critical to your health or your career.
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