A procedure is anything you did to the patient — from the basic (taking a blood pressure) to the advanced (intubation, surgical airway, IO placement). Every procedure gets its own entry on the Timeline.

Add a procedure

  1. On the Timeline tab, tap Add Procedure.
  2. Type the first few letters of the procedure. CloudPCR searches a national procedure list (SNOMED) and shows matches.
  3. Pick the right one.
  4. Enter the time it was performed.
  5. Enter the number of attempts.
  6. Mark whether it was successful.
  7. Pick any complication.
  8. Pick the crew member who performed it.
  9. Tap Save.

High-risk procedures

Procedures like intubation, surgical airway, IO, and chest decompression are high-risk and high-scrutiny. Your QA reviewers and your medical director will look at these closely. Make sure the attempts and complications fields are accurate. If you intubated on the second attempt, put 2 — not 1.

An example

You start an 18-gauge IV in the patient's right antecubital, first attempt successful. Tap Add Procedure, type "IV", pick "Peripheral IV access — upper extremity," 1 attempt, Successful, no complication, you as the performer. Save. Later you draw labs from that line. Add another procedure for "Blood draw — peripheral," 1 attempt, Successful. Both events are on the Timeline in the order they happened.