How-to
Recording and Managing Vitals
Record, edit, and review patient vitals in the Clinical section of the Patient Chart.
Last reviewed August 19, 2026
This guide walks you through recording, editing, and reviewing a patient’s vitals Clinical section of the Patient Chart.
Before you start
You’ll need to have a patient chart open. The Vitals table lives under the Clinical section of the Chart Navigation.
How to record a new vital
- Open the patient’s chart and go to the Vitals table.
- Select Add Vital. This opens the vitals modal.
- Option to enter vitals in Imperial (°F, in, lb) or Metric (°C, cm, kg).
- Record vitals. Date and time should reflect the time when the vitals were conducted.
- Select Save.
Vitals flowsheet
The Vitals flowsheet lists the vitals on the left-most column with the recorded dates across the top.
Toggle between Newest first and Oldest first to adjust the date sort order
Supported vitals
- Temperature
- Heart rate
- Blood pressure (systolic / diastolic)
- Height
- Weight
- BMI
- SpO2
- Respiratory rate
Age-specific vitals
- 0-36 months
- Head circumference
- Head circumference percentile
- Weight to length percentil
- 2-20 years
- BMI percentile
Physiological ranges by age
To improve data entry quality, below is the table of accepted ranges per vital sign and common data entry mistakes. Values outside of these ranges are considered physiological impossible.
| Vital sign | Infant (0-12 months) | Child (1-12 years) | Adult (13+ years) | Common typos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | ||
| Height | 20 cm (8 in) | 90 cm (35 in) | 50 cm (20 in) | 180 cm (71 inc) | 60 cm (24 in) | 250 cm (98 in) | Unit mix-ups (e.g., entering 5.5 feet into a cm field). |
| Weight | 0.4 kg (0.9 lb) | 20 kg (44 lb) | 5 kg (11lb) | 150 kg (330 lb) | 15 kb (33 lb) | 650 kb (1430 lb) | Confusing lbs and kgs; holding down a key (e.g., 777). |
| Temperature | 25°C (77°F) | 43°C (109.4°F) | 25°C (77°F) | 43°C (109.4°F) | 25°C (77°F) | 43°C (109.4°F) | Forgetting the decimal (e.g., 986 instead of 98.6). |
| SpO₂ | 10% | 100% | 10% | 100% | 10% | 100% | Entering number >100 |
| Respiratory | 5 | 120 | 4 | 80 | 3 | 70 | Typing a heart rate into the respiratory field (e.g., 75). |
| Systolic BP | 30 | 160 | 40 | 220 | 40 | 300 | Swapping Systolic and Diastolic values. |
| Diastolic BP | 10 | 110 | 15 | 150 | 15 | 200 | Entering a Diastolic value higher than the Systolic value. |