Manage Alerts
Click to acknowledge and silence an alert on
all PCs, and perform no documentation. The alert
will not fire again unless a recurrence of an event
takes place.
Click to annotate, acknowledge and silence
alert on all PCs. The annotations window will launch
and an intervention can be annotated on the tracing.
Sign the annotation. The alert will not fire again
unless a recurrence of the event takes place.
Finalize and Disassociate Episode
Make sure your charting is complete, once the
episode is finalized, you cannot make additional
entries within FetaLink®
1. Click
from the patient
tracing,
2. An annotation box will appear, allowing you to
change the reason for monitoring.
3. Click OK.
Go to PowerChart to complete your documentation
within IView.
Reminders
Click to silence alarm from PC. Alarm will
be silenced for 30 seconds and only on the PC that it
was silenced from.

FetaLink Annotations & vitals pull to PCM.

Medications, IV’s, and cervical exams charted
in PCM pull to FetaLink.
Disassociate Patient from Monitor
1.
2.
Click Census View; then Select the Device you
wish to disassociate the patient from.

Pt. wants to walk or go to BR, unplug her from
monitor.

Shutting the monitor off will disassociate.
Click “yes” to the pop up box, asking “are you
sure you want to disassociate the fetal
monitor(s)”.
REMEMBER!
The patient drops into a “Hold” bed.
2. Log into FL and Sign in.
Once the patient has transferred to the LDRP
room, reassociate the patient to the monitor.
3. Click P2DA to associate the patient to the
monitor.
1. Turn on Monitor.
4. Apply leads to patient
FetaLink®
Quick Reference Guide
First Steps: Turn on Monitor
8.
View Multiple Tracings from Census Board
Click the correct Fetal Monitoring Device.
Launch FetaLink® and Sign In
1.
To view multiple patient tracings, click additional
check boxes , then “View”.
2.
If you want to view all locations click
.
Double click FetaLink® on the desktop
1.
9.
Click Ok.
10. The patient’s name and device will display with
2.
Click the
button on the toolbar.
3.
Enter user name and password; then “OK.”
.
1.
Apply Leads to Patient
12. This creates a fetal monitoring “Episode”.
Associate Patient to Fetal Monitor (P2DA)
via Scanning
13. Close the P2DA window
(patient to device association)
2.
Login FetaLink® (if needed).
3.
Scan your patient’s ID band bar code and scan
the monitor bar code.
Click Associate and click the X to close the
window.
Manually Associate Patient to Fetal Monitor
(P2DA)
1.
Click
on the toolbar.
2.
Login FetaLink® (if needed).
3.
Click
window.
4.
(patient to device association)
within “No patient” selected
Search by patient name or choose ID method.
2.
.
Click
6.
Click on your patient’s name when it displays.
The patient’s information will move to the top
field of the P2DA window.
7.
Click
1.
2.
Prior to clicking the “Associate button”
Click on the clock icon in the device field.
3.
Set the time to reflect the fetal monitoring start
time.
4.
5.
6.
Click “OK”.
The clock will turn green.
Click “Associate”, close window, return to
Census.
Available devices should display.
3.
Change the time if needed
4.
Click the now button
5.
Annotations will post automatically in PCM.
.
Charting Vital signs in PowerChart
1.
To pull vital signs, go to IView and insert
correct time column.
2.
Double click to activate the fields which will
pull in the results. Be sure to SIGN.
To Move the Patient into a Bed Location
Back Charting
1. Single click on the patient’s name.
1.
Click Extended View tab
toolbar.
3. Click OK.
2.
Extended view will open at the bottom, while
the current time frame tracing stays at the top.
View Single Tracing from Census Board
3.
Click on the time within the tracing that your
annotation should appear and document as
previously defined in “Annotate on Tracing”.
4.
Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the extended
2. Click on the desired bed location.
at the bottom of the screen.
next to “No devices selected”.
Pick from the pre-populated choices or click in
the free text field to type.
1.
5.
Click the tracing at the time you want to place
your annotation, the annotations window opens.
Retroactive Association
Click
on the toolbar.
.
Annotate on Tracing
11. Click
1.
then
To view a single patient tracing, check the box beside
location column then click “View” button
then
.
on
view or change the time box in the upper corner
2.
Or click on the location column next to the
patient.
to navigate to historical time frames within the
episode.