Using The Vsc Function To Set Up Cis Charting Intervals - Escort Prism 20401 Reference Manual

Using the VSC Function to Set Up CIS Charting Intervals

Each monitor includes the ability to store vital signs in a tabular format at user-selectable
intervals. This feature is identified as "VSC" in the monitor, short for Vital Sign Chart. This VSC
feature permits the operator to determine how often and under which circumstances vital signs
should be stored in the VSC table. For monitors connected to a hospital CIS via a CIS
Communication Module, the VSC storage intervals selected also determine when vital signs are
sent to the Clinical Information System.
NOTE: ONLY those entries that are stored in the VSC will be sent
to the CIS system.
To access the VSC feature:
1. Press the SYSTEM SETUP key to open the System Setup menu.
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2. Press the DISP VSC softkey from the displayed menu options. This will cause the VSC table
to be temporarily displayed in the Trace 3 zone. A sample of VSC table information is
presented below:
The VSC table in each monitor can store up to 100 entries of tabular data including all vital signs
measured in each of the 100 entries. The operator can scroll up or down to review all 100 entries
on screen, as well as left to right in the event all monitored vital signs cannot be displayed on the
screen at the same time. In the event that more than 100 vital sign entries are collected, the oldest
entry is removed from the monitor's memory to make room for the most recent entry.
NOTE: The CIS Communication Module can store a total of 2500
total VSC entries for anywhere from 1 to 10 patients. However, only
the most recent 100 VSC entries can be reviewed via the Patient
Monitor's VSC feature.
A brief overview of the VSC Setup options is included here to provide a better understanding of
the overall scope of the charting flexibility that is available. Subsequent sections will provide
specific details. In general, there are two basic types of VSC storage options, automatic and
manual. Both types of storage options are user-selectable. The only difference is that the
"manual" storage requires an operator key press to send vitals signs to the CIS, in contrast to the
"automatic" storage options which allow vital signs to be sent automatically upon completion of a
time interval or specific event. The user-selectable automatic storage options included in the VSC
allow vital signs to be sent automatically upon an alarm, completion of a NIBP and/or
Temperature measurement, completion of a cardiac output average, and at periodic time intervals.
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