Regional Anaesthesia Log by Herman Sehmbi

A dedicated logbook for Regional Anaesthesia

Requirements

An Android device running Android OS 1.6 or greater. A Windows PC or an Apple Mackintosh for handling .CSV and Excel files.

Highlights

First dedicated regional anaesthesia logbook. Caters to specific procedures and processes involved. Totally free. Video Podcast based How to guide (ongoing).

Features

Fully user customisable logbook template according to your needs. Add, remove or edit cases. Backup stored data as:
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Method

(recommended):

Sync

to

Google

Documents

(using

WIFI/3G/GPRS) as a CSV file.

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Method 2: Export to CSV on SD card; accessible from a PC.

Possible to import to the RCoA Logbook v7/8 (however many fields would not match- so not recommended).

Installing Memento (available at http://luckydroid.com/ )

First you need to install the Memento database creation application.

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Method 1 (Recommended): Search Google Play (android marketplace) Method 2: scanning this QR code

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Installing Regional Anaesthesia Log template

Go to Settings tab: Sign up for Memento, then sign in. Also link your Gmail account by signing in. Open Memento: Add Regional Anaesthesia Log template by following these stepso o o

Go to Menu > Add Library Select From online catalogue > Health category. Find Regional Anaesthesia Log by Herman Sehmbi (Select the second one on the list, created on 25/03/2012). Then press download. After installing the template, we recommend that you create a sample case by pressing the Regional Anaesthesia Log icon and then pressing Add cases. This will help you to understand the format of the logbook.

If you wish to customize the template, you may do so by going to Edit

option (by pressing the Regional Anaesthesia Log icon for 3-4 seconds. Lists of options appear and then choose Edit).

If you are not a techie person, just start using the logbook!

Synchronising with Google Documents

Press the Regional Anaesthesia Log icon for 3-4 seconds. When list of options appear, choose Link with Google Docs. Then sign in your Email ID and password. Next click Link a new document and you may name this as RA Logbook (for example).

Your recorded cases will now be synchronised with this RA Logbook document. A small Google icon will appear at the main screen of the app, signifying that you have linked your logbook with your Google documents online. Every time you press this button, your cases will be synchronised.

You are now ready to use your new Regional Anaesthesia Logbook!

Regional Anaesthesia Log by Herman Sehmbi is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

Regional Anaesthesia Logbook fields and options:

Field number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Field Date Age (years) Supervision Surgery Block type Primary block Secondary block Laterality Technique Approach Injection State of patient during block Number of needle passes Drugs used Drug volume (mL) Drug concentration (%) Additives Supplemental technique used Success Rescue needed Complications Patient satisfaction Option In DD/MM/YYYY Numeric Drop down list Typed entry Drop down list Drop down list Typed entry Drop down list Drop down list Typed entry Drop down list Drop down list Numeric Drop down list Numeric Numeric Drop down list Drop down list Drop down list Drop down list Drop down list Drop down list

Regional Anaesthesia Log by Herman Sehmbi is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.