Kio was injured while performing a safety inspection at the chemical plant he worked for and was taken to the emergency room. Th
e doctor asked him a number of questions about his injuries to determine the proper course of action for treatment. What types of information-gathering interviews did Kio's doctor perform?
A diagnostic is performed on a patient to gather clinical information about his weaknesses or his strengths. A diagnostic test is done to know an underlying condition.
Kio was asked all this questions by the doctor because the informations he would give about his injury would enable the doctor to know the proper course of action or treatment.
There is this adage in Africa that says that no matter what, the head can never stand still while walking. What this means is that one can never be too perfect. No matter what accidents do occur at workplaces and the accident that poses danger to one's Heath should be taking to the hospital intstead of self treatment.
When you get to the hospital, the medical personnel in charge will have to ask you what happen in order to for the medical personnel to be able to treat the patient efficiently. When medical personnels for instance do this it means that they are gathering information through Diagnostic interview.
