General Practitioner Template
Acute Visit SOAP Note
A professional General Practitioner template for healthcare professionals.
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Streamline your clinical documentation with the "Acute Visit SOAP Note" template, a must-have for General Practitioners and other acute care clinicians. This template is expertly designed to capture essential patient information using the classic Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan (SOAP) format, optimised for quick, concise, and comprehensive charting of acute presentations. Ideal for busy GP practices, it ensures all critical details from patient symptoms and vital signs to diagnoses and treatment plans are meticulously recorded. Heidi, your AI medical scribe, leverages this template to generate highly structured notes, incorporating medical shorthand and abbreviations for efficiency, and presenting information in bullet points to enhance readability and ensure you never miss a beat during high-volume acute consultations.
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Specialty: General Practitioner
Acute Visit SOAP Note
Summary:
1. URI – viral, supportive tx, monitor sx
2. Otitis Media – likely viral, watch & wait, analgesia prn
3. HTN – stable, continue meds, f/u 3/12
Subjective:
1. Sore Throat – 3/7 duration
* Starts gradually, worse w/ swallowing
* Denies odynophagia, dyspnoea
* Assoc: rhinorrhoea, cough, fatigue
* PMHx: nil relevant
* Meds: Paracetamol prn
2. Ear Pain (R) – 2/7 duration
* Intermittent, dull ache
* Assoc: mild ↓ hearing (R), denies discharge/tinnitus
* Denies recent swimming/trauma
3. Headache – 3/7 duration
* Frontal, mild-mod, relieved w/ Paracetamol
* Denies photophobia, neck stiffness, visual changes
Objective:
BP=130/85 | PR=78 | T=37.2°C | BMI=26.5 | Sats=98% RA
ENT
⊕ Mild pharyngeal erythema, no exudates
⊕ Tympanic membrane (R) bulging, mildly injected, no perforation
- Tympanic membrane (L) clear
- Nasal mucosa mildly oedematous, clear discharge
Resp
- CTA B/L, no adventitious sounds
CVS
- RRR, no murmurs
Neuro
- GCS 15, CNs intact, no focal deficits
Completed investigations with available results
* Rapid Strep Test: Negative
Assessment:
1) Upper Respiratory Infection – likely viral
2) Acute Otitis Media (Right) – probable viral aetiology
3) Essential Hypertension – controlled
Plan:
* Analgesia: Paracetamol 1g QDS prn, Ibuprofen 400mg TDS prn
* ENT: Saline nasal spray, warm gargles
* Otitis Media: Safety-netting advice re: worsening pain, fever; consider Abx if no improvement 48-72h
* HTN: Continue Amlodipine 5mg OD; f/u w/ practice nurse in 3 months for BP check
* RTW: Advised to rest for 2-3 days
* F/u: PRN if symptoms worsen, or routine f/u as above
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Specialty
General Practitioner
Used
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Type
Note
Last edited
12/4/2026
Created by
Jaco-Niel de Villiers