ℹ️ The Anesthetic Monitoring Widget enhances efficiency and accuracy when tracking patient vitals during anesthesia. Located in the Objective section of the SOAP, it provides an intuitive interface for recording and monitoring key anesthesia parameters.
How the Anesthesia Monitoring works
The Basics
Start & Stop Monitoring: Begin tracking vitals with a timer that records the duration of the anesthetic procedure. Once stopped, the timer cannot be restarted without first clearing the session.
Customizable Monitoring Cadence: You can record values every 5 minutes or at any preferred interval.
Session Control: If the monitoring session is no longer relevant (e.g., mistakenly recorded under the wrong patient), users can stop and clear the entire session.
Edit & Delete Entries: You can modify recorded values or timestamps within any column. If an incorrect entry was made, they can delete the entire column.
Recording Values
Record essential anesthesia values, such as:
Heart Rate (bpm)
SpO2 (%)
SAP, DAP, MAP (mmHg)
Temperature (°C)
Respiratory Rate (rpm)
EtCO2 (mmHg)
Iso/Sevo (%)
Oxygen Flow Rate (L/min)
Fluid Therapy details
Notes for additional observations
Track multiple procedures with independent timers
You can now run multiple timers simultaneously, giving you the ability to separately track different phases of the surgical process:
Anesthesia start and end
Surgery start and end
Recovery monitoring
Once the Anesthetic Monitoring timer is started, you can add additional timers for specific procedures by clicking the blue plus (+) button. Simply enter the name of the procedure and select a color — this color will appear in both the table view (to group entries by timer) and on the graph (to visualize vitals in context).
Please note:
All added timers must fall within the anesthetic monitoring window — they cannot start before or end after the main anesthesia timer.
Only one procedure timer (apart from the main anesthetic one) can run at a time. Starting a new one will automatically stop the previous timer.
If you edit a saved entry and change its time, the entry may be reassigned to a different procedure timer — based on which one was active at the newly selected time.
🔁 Example: If a heart rate entry was originally logged at 10:15 AM under the “Surgery” timer, but you change the time to 10:05 AM — and at that time the “Preparation” timer was active — the entry will automatically move under “Preparation.”
Each timer is color-coded and displayed clearly on the graph for quick reference.
Real-time Trend Graph
All numeric values automatically generate a graphical representation of trends over time. Vitals (such as heart rate, temperature, respiration, SPO2, and more) are displayed using recognizable icons directly on the graph, helping you:
Quickly identify key moments and abnormalities
Visually distinguish between different parameters at a glance
Improve accuracy in post-op reviews and documentation
Anesthetic Monitoring PDF Summary
All the values recording during the session can be included on the Record summary
Tips & Tricks for Anesthesia Monitoring
Keyboard Navigation: Quickly move through fields using the Tab key.
Voice Input for Tails AI Users: Instead of manually typing values, Tails AI users can dictate vitals for faster and hands-free data entry.
The values that are added as part of the Anesthesia Monitoring are not overwriting the Vitals section, or the other way around.
This new widget ensures seamless monitoring and documentation of anesthesia, improving workflow efficiency and record accuracy. Try it out today in the Objective section of the SOAP!