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7Admitting and Discharging
The fetal monitor can store basic patient demographic information used to identify patients.
Admit/Discharge on the Monitor
This section describes how you admit and discharge patients when using the monitor as a stand-alone
device (that is, when not used with an obstetrical information and surveillance system such as OB
TraceVue/IntelliSpace Perinatal).
Admitting a Patient
The fetal monitor displays physiological data as soon as a patient is connected. This lets you monitor a
patient who is not yet admitted. It is however important to admit patients properly so that you can
identify your patient on recordings.
Use the
Patient Demographics window and its associated pop-up keys to admit and discharge
patients.
To admit a patient,
1 Select the patient name field or select the Patient Demogr. SmartKey to open the Patient
Demographics
window.
2 Clear any previous patient data by selecting Dischrge Patient and then Confirm.
If you do not discharge the previous patient, you will not be able to distinguish data from the
previous and current patients, for example, on the recording.
3 Select Admit Patient.
4 Enter the patient information: select each field and use the on-screen keyboard.
If a conventional keyboard is connected to the monitor you can use this to enter patient
information:
–
Last Name: Enter the patient's last name (family name), for example Doe.
–
First Name: Enter the patient's first name, for example Jane.
–
MRN: Enter the patient's medical record number (MRN), for example 12345678. Depending
on your configuration this field may be labeled differently e.g. "Record ID", "Lifetime Id",
"Account Number", "Serial Number", or "SSN".
–
Gestational Age: Enter the gestational age of the pregnancy. Enter one numeric for the week
(0-50) and one numeric for the day (0-6).
–
Date of Birth: Enter the patient's date of birth.