Vital Signs

Vital signs are the core physiological measurements that indicate how the body is functioning: temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation (SpO₂). They are usually recorded by nursing staff at registration, again before consultation, and then repeatedly through an inpatient stay to track how a patient is trending.

Why it matters in a hospital

A single vital-sign reading is a snapshot; the trend across several readings over hours or days is often what actually flags a patient deteriorating before it becomes an emergency. Recording vitals consistently, against the right patient and the right time, is what makes that trend visible to whichever nurse or doctor reviews it next — a gap in the readings is, in effect, a gap in the clinical picture at exactly the moment it might matter. This matters just as much outside a crisis: a steadily rising heart rate or a slowly dropping oxygen saturation over several readings is often the earliest, most reliable warning sign a ward has, well before a patient looks unwell to the eye.

How Trisvio handles it

Trisvio captures vitals against each OPD or IPD encounter as they're taken, so a doctor or nurse reviewing the patient sees the current reading alongside recent history in one place, rather than having to hunt through a separate paper chart or a different screen to see whether a number is trending in the wrong direction. Vitals recorded during an OPD visit and during an IPD stay live in the same patient timeline, so a trend isn't broken just because the patient moved between departments.