CCMDB.accdb keyboard shortcuts

This will become active as of version CCMDB.mdb_Change_Log_2011#ver_2011-04-21

Using the mouse/trackpad to navigate through CCMDB.mdb can be tricky and slow, so many fields can be accessed with keyboard shortcuts. Generally, if there is an underlined letter in the label of a control (e.g. button, field, tab), then clicking alt and the letter will take you there.

feedback

• fixed for ver_2011-04-27
• labs, tmp too small, not helpful
• letters bigger in Dx and Como

Some notes on how this works

General MS Access keyboard shortcuts can be found [1].

When a form is open you can use the keyboard shortcut to move directly to the control that it corresponds to.

In a form with Tabs, you will be moved to the field inside the current tab rather than the field with the shortcut in the main form. This means you might have to use a different first shortcut to get out of the tab. The easiest is to go to the registry tab using alt-R For example, to go from inside the Labs tab to the Pharmacy you could press alt-AP to first get out of the labs tab to the registry, and then to the pharmacy tab. You can keep the alt key pressed during this.

Viewer Shortcuts

In the viewer there are many more fields than there are letters, so only some fields are accessible. I tried to make the most of this by keeping in mind that the minimal data set gets filled in at the start, so it should not need to be accessed much after that, and the fact that successive fields can be accessed by tabbing (e.g. alt-x to the field and then tab twice to get two fields further). Here is what I used, but I am open to suggestions what to change. I left the unused shortcuts in for orientation; I could use these, they just don't fit with anything naturally.

• alt-A - Apache Tab
• alt-B - Bathing ADL, tab to other ADLs
• alt-C - Record field
• alt-D - Diagnoses Tab
• alt-E - Glasgow Coma Scale Eye, tab to Motor and Verbal
• alt-F - Final Check
• alt-G -
• alt-H - Heart Rate, tab to Resp Rate and Temperature
• alt-I -
• alt-J -
• alt-K -
• alt-L - Labs Tab
• alt-M -
  • in the Registry tab, Admit From, tab to the fields below it
  • for Critical Care only, in the Apache tab, Admit Type, tab to Chronic
• alt-N - Na field, tab to rest of chemistry
• alt-O
• alt-P - Pharmacy Tab
• alt-Q - opens ABG Helper, enter ABG Values there
• alt-R - Registry Tab
• alt-S -
• alt-T - Temp Studies Tab
• alt-U - Survive/Expire
• alt-V - Var1, tab to other Vars
• alt-W - WBC
• alt-X - Survive/Expire
• alt-Y - opens BP Helper, enter SysBP, Dias BP there
• alt-Z - Zerial (ya I know serial is not spelled that way...), tab to remainder of first row

Keep in mind that the labels have these letters underlined, so maybe save a tree and don't print this.

In-tab shortcuts

Tabs Diagnoses, Temp, Labs and Pharmacy are special in that I can use different shortcuts once on that page. The other tabs can't re-use letters.

Diagnoses shortcuts

• alt-W Diagnosis
• alt-O Comorbids

Temp shortcuts

• alt-p project
• alt-i item
• alt-e date
• alt-t time
• alt-b checkbox
• alt-n number
• alt-J floating point/decimal number
• alt-Q Note/Comment

Labs shortcuts

I tried to only use letters that made sense (ie already occur in words) and rather tab when not possible. Let me know if a specific lab would really benefit from a letter anyway.

• alt-A - <not possible>
• alt-B - ABG, tab to CBC, PT/PTT
• alt-C - <not possible>
• alt-D - <not possible>
• alt-E - Creatinine, tab to MG, SGPT (ALT)
• alt-F - <not possible>
• alt-G - Angio Coronary, tab to Angio other
• alt-H -
• alt-I - MRI
• alt-J -
• alt-K -
• alt-L - <not possible>
• alt-M - Albumin 25%, tab to 5%
• alt-N - Pentaspan
• alt-O - Troponin
• alt-P - Packed cells, tab to platelets, FFP
• alt-Q -
• alt-R - <not possible>
• alt-S - US Echo, tab to US Abd
• alt-T - <not possible>
• alt-U -
• alt-V - Voluven
• alt-W -
• alt-X - CXR, tab to CT Scan
• alt-Y -
• alt-Z - Blood CS, tab to Sputum CS, Urine CS

Pharmacy shortcuts

• alt-d <not possible>
• alt-r <not possible>
• alt-j drug
• alt-s doses
• alt-y days
• alt-p <not possible>
• alt-i priority