Medical monitoring system

An improved display method for providing real-time and time-critical physiological parameters to a plurality of clinicians in a surgical care setting, the improved display method comprising:

• presenting, on a display, a plurality of template elements corresponding to a plurality of display templates, the plurality of display templates being configured to display measurement values for a plurality of physiological parameters being monitored for a patient, at least one of the plurality of display templates being configured to display the measurement values in different locations from another of the plurality of display templates;
• receiving a first user selection of a selected template element of the plurality of template elements that corresponds to a selected display template of the plurality of display templates, the selected display template comprising (i) a parameter display slot and (ii) a trend or waveform display slot, wherein the parameter display slot is located at a first location within the selected display template, wherein the parameter display slot is not associated with a parameter element at a first time, wherein the trend or waveform display slot is located at a second location within the selected display template, and wherein the trend or waveform display slot is not associated with a trend display element or a waveform display element at the first time;
• presenting a plurality of parameter elements together with the selected display template on the display, the plurality of parameter elements comprising a first parameter element and a second parameter element;
• receiving, at a second time, second user selections of (i) the first parameter element from among the plurality of parameter elements and (ii) the parameter display slot;
• in response to receiving the second user selections, populating the parameter display slot at the first location with a first physiological parameter of the plurality of physiological parameters corresponding to the first parameter element;
• receiving, at a third time, third user selections of (i) the second parameter element from among the plurality of parameter elements and (ii) the trend or waveform display slot;
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• in response to receiving the third user selections, populating the trend or waveform display slot at the second location with a second physiological parameter of the plurality of physiological parameters corresponding to the second parameter element.