Top tips when using Unity in ED

September 23, 2019

We have put together some easy step-by-step tips for clinical colleagues to follow who are using our electronic patient record, Unity in our Emergency Departments at both City and Sandwell.

• Start of shift check-in: Go to top left tab, click on check-in, type your name, choose colour to match your uniform, press save, refresh.
• Chest pain bleep: Click on adhoc forms at the top of the screen, click on chest pain assessment, work through form, then triage as you would normally.
• Scanning documents: Search for the patient in CSS, select upload file, select ED scanned document. Please remember, you will need to scan the document you want as a PDF or image.
• Documenting clinician notes: Click on patient’s name, click on clnical note, click on 2nd tab “ED definitive assessment.” Note: All clinicians’ notes will be documented there.
• Giving medication and fluids: Go to drug chart, click on the box that matches the drug and correct date, fill in the details and press ok, then refresh.