You can view the patient’s completed vital sign entries by selecting the Vital Signs option from the Medical Dropdown Menu on the Main Patient Screen of TechCare®.
The system displays the Vital Signs window. From here, you can view all vital signs that have been completed for a patient.
To record new vital signs for a patient, click the Add Vital Signs button. The system displays the Add New Vital Signs window, where you can enter the information for the patient. NOTE: If you did not collect a particular vital sign, click N/A and the field will grey out that vital sign. Once you have entered the information in the fields, click the Save button.
Enter the patient’s vitals in the following required fields. If you click Save without entering information in the fields, the system displays a red message at the top of the screen indicating these fields are required:
- Blood Pressure
- Temperature
- Pulse
- Respirations
- Height (feet and inches)
- Weight (pounds and ounces)
- SaO2
You can also enter additional information in the following fields:
- Reported Pain Level – enter a number from 0-10, with 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain.
- Position – Use this dropdown menu to indicate the position of the patient when taking the vitals. Options include NA, Lying, Sitting, and Standing.
- Orthostatic – Use this dropdown menu to indicate the orthostatic position of the patient when taking the vitals. Options include NA, Sitting to Standing, and Lying to Standing.
- Location – Use this dropdown menu to indicate which arm or leg you used to measure the vitals. Options include NA, Left Arm, Right Arm, Left Leg, or Right Leg.
- Type – Use this dropdown menu to indicate whether you took the vitals Manually or with an Automatic blood pressure monitor. You may also enter NA.
NOTE: If you did not collect a particular vital sign, click the N/A hyperlink beside the field and it will grey out that vital sign. Once you have entered the information in the fields, click the Save button. You will see the vitals you just added on the Vital Signs screen.
Graphing Vital Signs
You can select a vital sign to graph when you click the View Graph button. Select the vital sign or other option you want to view in a trend graph from the dropdown menu, then click the Select button.
The system displays the graph and information as shown below.
You can select the graph you want to view for the patient by using the dropdown menu (1). Available options include:
- Blood Pressure
- Blood Sugars
- Body Mass Index
- Height
- Hemoglobin
- Mean Arterial Pressure
- Oxygen Saturation
- Pain
- Peak Air Flow
- Pulse
- Temperature
- Weight
You can choose a specific timeframe (2) in which to search.
Click the Filter (3) button once you have selected which graph you want to view and entered any additional parameters. The graph will appear below.
You can use the checkboxes next to Show Position and Show Orthostatic (4) to include or exclude this data from the table at the bottom beneath the graph. The default value is that these fields are checked and will be included in the results.
You can change to another graph option by clicking the Change Graph (5) button. The system displays the Select a Graph window, where you can select another graph to view.