Anesthesia Records > Creating a Patient Anesthesia Record > Recording Patient Vital Signs During Surgery
To record the patient's vital signs in connected mode:
Ensure that the vital signs monitor is connected and configured properly.
On the Surgery Vitals tab, click the Start button. The data is recorded automatically in the intervals specified in the setup, although it cannot be viewed on the graph until after the recorded session has ended.
For more information, see Configuring the Vital Signs Monitor and Customizing the Surgery Info Record.
When you are finished recording the patient's vital signs, click Stop.
You can add notes to the data recorded in connected mode, but you cannot edit the data. See Editing Data Point Details for more information.
The purpose of the anesthesia records module is to create a record. It is not to be used as a monitoring device.
When you record a patient's vital signs in connected mode, the data is stored as a text file in the directory C:\\WinOMSCS\Temp. When you select the Stop button to stop the recording, the data points are transferred into the patient's record, and the temporary file is automatically deleted.
However, if you select Ask me to Clean Up Temporary Files from Anesthesia Monitor on the Anesthesia Records Preferences window, you are prompted before the deletion of the text file. If you select No, the file remains in the temporary folder.
If it is your policy to retain these files, the size of the folder will increase over time, and potentially occupy valuable space on your system. It is recommended that you clean out this folder periodically.
If the data file is lost during the process of saving it to the patient's record, and the text file has not been deleted, a button is displayed on the Surgery - Vitals tab that enables you to retrieve the data.
To retrieve the data:
From the Surgery - Vitals tab of the patient's anesthesia record, click Import. The software prompts you to confirm the importation of the vitals data file.
Click OK. The software populates the graph with the vital sign data points.
Click OK to save the record.