Recording and editing daily summaries

You can record a summary of a patient's state when they are in critical care. You can record one summary for each day the patient has been in critical care. You can record summaries retrospectively, and edit previous summaries.

After a patient has been discharged, you can no longer record and edit daily summaries. If a patient was discharged in error, you can return them to critical care and edit their daily summaries.

Read more about returning a patient to critical care

Recording and editing daily summaries on a mobile

You can't do this on a mobile.

Recording and editing daily summaries on a desktop

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin > Adult Critical Care Periods > Record Daily Summary.

    At the top of the dialogue box is the day you are recording the summary for.

    After the first daily summary, the options of the previous daily summary are copied forward to the current summary you are recording.

  2. Select the level of care the patient received.

  3. Select options to indicate the type of care the patient received.

    For example, respiratory care.

  4. Select Save.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin > Adult Critical Care Periods

  2. Select a daily summary to edit.

  3. Select Edit Daily Summary.

  4. Select the level of care the patient received.

  5. Select options to indicate the type of care the patient received.

  6. Select Save.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin > Paediatric Critical Care Periods > Record Daily Summary.

    At the top of the dialogue box is the day you are recording the summary for.

    After the first daily summary, the options of the previous daily summary are copied forward to the current summary you are recording.

  2. Select if you performed care activities for the patient.

  3. If you did perform care activities for the patient, select those care activities.

  4. Select if you gave the patient high-cost medications.

  5. If you gave the patient high-cost medications, select the types of medications you gave them.

  6. For neonatal patients, enter the patient's current weight.

  7. Select Save.

  1. From  Inpatients > Patient List > double-click on a patient's name > Patient Detail, select Patient admin > Paediatric Critical Care Periods

  2. Select a daily summary to edit.

  3. Select Edit Daily Summary.

  4. Select if you performed care activities for the patient.

  5. If you did perform care activities for the patient, select those care activities.

  6. Select if you gave the patient high-cost medications.

  7. If you gave the patient high-cost medications, select the types of medications you gave them.

  8. For neonatal patients, enter the patient's current weight.

  9. Select Save.

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