Anesthesia Records

Customizing Anesthesia Records

Customize how you want anesthesia records to record and display specific types of information and record data from the vital signs monitor during surgery.

1. Select Tables > Practice > Charting Preferences. The Charting Preferences window is displayed.

2. Select Anesthesia Records, and then click Customize. The Customize Anesthesia Record window is displayed.

3. Select the tab to configure.

Pre-Op Evaluation

Surgery Info

Post-Op Evaluation Tab

Other

Drugs and Drug Panels

Before you can document the administration of drugs for an anesthesia record, you must add the drugs, categories, and drug panels to the database. You can then select the drugs and indicate dosages on the Surgery - Vitals portion of the patient's anesthesia record.

Perform the following three tasks to add drugs and drug panels to the database:

1. Create drug categories.

   1. Select Tables > Drugs & Prescriptions > Drug Categories. The Drug Category Search window is displayed.

   2. Click New. The Create Drug Category window is displayed.

   3. Enter the Code for the new category, if applicable, and the Category Name.

   4. Click Ok.

2. Add drugs to the database.

   1. Select Tables > Drugs & Prescriptions > Drugs. The Drug Search window is displayed.

   2. Click New. The Create Drug Item window is displayed.

   3. In the Category field, use the drop-down list to select the category for the drug.

   4. Enter the Code for the new drug, if applicable, and the Drug Name.

   5. Enter the Default Dosage for the drug, and use the drop-down list to select the appropriate Dosage Units.

   6. Click Ok.

3. Create drug panels.

   1. Select Tables > Drugs & Prescriptions > Drug Panels. The Drug Panel Search window is displayed.

   2. Click New. The Create Drug Panel window is displayed.

   3. In the Description field, enter a unique name to identify the drug panel.

   4. Add the drugs that comprise this panel by clicking Add. The Add Anesthesia Drug (Agent) window is displayed.

   5. Use the drop-down lists to select a category, and then the specific drug.

   6. Enter the appropriate dosage for the drug, and specify the units for the dose.

   7. Click OK. The drug is added to the list in the Create Drug Panel window.

   8. Continue adding the drugs to the drug panel, and then click Ok.

   9. Always double-check your entries when creating drug panels.

4. Make sure you have correctly configured the Vital Signs Monitor.