Vital signs

The Vital signs button of the resident’s sheet opens the form of measures. A care that asks for a weighing opens it too.

The Vital signs form on the phone: one field per measure with its unit, the usual range and the last value below

Measures

  • Temperature (°C)

  • Blood pressure — the two figures, systolic and diastolic, in mmHg

  • Pulse (bpm)

  • Oxygen (%)

  • Breathing (per minute)

  • Weight (kg)

  • Blood sugar (mg/dL)

The Next key of the phone keyboard goes to the next field.

Taking the measures

  1. Fill in the measures taken — only those.

  2. Read the line under each field: the usual range and the last value, with its date.

  3. Add a remark under Anything to add if useful: taken while resting, resident agitated…

  4. Tap Save.

A weighing asked for

When the form is opened from a care that asks for a weighing, the Weight field comes first and is required: Enter the weight asked for shows until it is filled in. Saving ticks the care.

Colours and short forms

  • Orange — the value is outside the usual range: check it.

  • Red — the value is impossible, or the diastolic is not lower than the systolic. Save stays locked until it is corrected.

The short forms used on the floor are understood: 13 is read as 130 mmHg, 374 as 37.4 °C. The line under the field then says what will be recorded.

A reading out of range is saved with a warning, and appears in the bell of the colleagues who must read it.

The measures are recorded as a vital signs observation on the resident. They feed the same history and the same curves as in the back office. See Observations and vital signs.