Oldccart

Leda · Sep 22, 2008

I'm not sure about the second a in CAART, but here is what OLD CART (used for symptom assessment) usually means:

O = onset

L = location

D = duration

C = characteristics of symptom or complaint

A = aggrevating or associated factors

R = relieving factors

T = treatment (what has been used to relieve symtom)

Dianacabana · Sep 22, 2008

I'm not sure about the second a in CAART, but here is what OLD CART (used for symptom assessment) usually means:
O = onset
L = location
D = duration
C = characteristics of symptom or complaint
A = aggrevating or associated factors
R = relieving factors
T = treatment (what has been used to relieve symtom)

My prof. taught us 3 more questions that go with this.

O for onset: where where you when it started? (i.e. what were you doing?)

C: count (pain on 1-10 scale)

T: thought (what do you think it could be?)

Good luck!

EricJRN, MSN, RN · Sep 22, 2008

FYI -

OPQRST is another one you'll commonly see. It's particularly relevant to the assessment of pain, but can be used with other complaints.

Onset

Provoking/palliating factors

Quality

Radiation

Severity

Time