Clinical User Guide
Selecting a Patient's Emergency Contact

See also: Adding, Editing, and Deleting Patients

Ctrl + D

Patient > Details

 

To Set a Patient's Emergency Contact:

1.      Open the record of the patient you wish to record an Emergency Contact for.

2.      Press CTRL + D to open the Patient Details window.

3.      Select the Personal Details tab,  and then the Emergency Contact  sub-tab.

Items of Interest on this Window

Same as Next of Kin

Tick this to automatically populate this tab with data from the Next of Kin tab. This check box is available only if you have recorded Next of Kin information for this patient.

Select / Replce

The Select/Replace button is a toggle;

  • Select allows you to select an Emergency Contact  for the patient. This option is available if no Emergency Contact  data has been recorded for this patient.

  • Replace allows you to select a different Emergency Contact  for the patient. This option is available if there is already an Emergency Contact  selected.

Edit

Allows you to edit the contact details of the Emergency Contact.

  • This button is available only if you have an Emergency Contact  selected for the patient.

  • If you change the contact details for the Emergency Contact, the changes are saved back to the Emergency Contact's patient record in Clinical.

Clear

Clears the Emergency Contact  details for the patient.

 

 

4.      Click Select  The Select Emergency Contact window appears.

 

5.      Locate and select the person you wish to register as the patient's Emergency Contact. Click OK to confirm. You are returned to the Personal Details tab where the Emergency Contact's details are now visible. Note that the Select button has been replaced by a Replce button, allowing you to select a different person if you wish.

 

6.      Click Save on the Patient Details window to confirm any changes you made.