What to do when I forgot to reinsert SD card

[MichaelLMiller]

OK, it's not the end of the world, but I forgot to reinsert the SD card yesterday morning into my ResMed AirSense 10.  And last night is when I made some changes to control increased leak, and more importantly, used an oximeter for the first time (Contec CMS50F).

So.... I would really, really like to see the data from last night from the AirSense 10.

I'm not concerned about data loss before then.  It is residing nicely in a number of places, including my sleep medicine physician's office, my DME, and of course, in my computer, in SleepyHead and OSCAR - and also in the machine itself.

So, in order to coordinate last night's AirSense 10 CPAP data with the Contec oximetry data, I am thinking of simply reformatting my SD card and then inserting it into the machine.  Am I correct in assuming the machine will automatically transfer data for about 365 days back into the machine? (which is what I vaguely recall happened the first time I inserted the brand new SD card) Are there any settings (in Clinical Menu) I need to change?

And, now I see why I will be getting a wifi enabled SD card.

Thanks, everyone!

Mike

[MichaelLMiller]

In the paragraph starting with "So, in order to coordinate..." I meant "Am I correct in assuming the machine will automatically transfer data for about 365 days back onto the SD card" not "into the machine"

Mike

[jaswilliams]

The machine does not store any flow data just the summary data which is not useful for analysis. With a Resmed machine the SD card needs to be in the machine during use.there is no way to get last nights detailed data

[MichaelLMiller]

Thanks for the reply. It’s not a major deal at all. The omission of internal temporary back up is a reflection, in my opinion, of the low (if at all existent) priority placed upon patient access to data by the manufacturer. Summary data is mostly to encourage compliance. My own clinical experience (in pediatric rheumatology) is that compliance may often be improved by understanding of one’s illness. The opportunity to learn this lesson by ResMed (& I’ll bet other manufacturers) remains.

[Mosquitobait]

Thanks for the reply. It’s not a major deal at all. The omission of internal temporary back up is a reflection, in my opinion, of the low (if at all existent) priority placed upon patient access to data by the manufacturer.  Summary data is mostly to encourage compliance.  My own clinical experience (in pediatric rheumatology) is that compliance may often be improved by understanding of one’s illness.  The opportunity to learn this lesson by ResMed (& I’ll bet other manufacturers) remains.

Yes, some of us think that the patient must be the enemy or something, based on the lack of info provided.  What makes it worse is that most of us go back to the sleep doc eventually and they never look at the detailed data. Just compliance.   Well, in my case, I'll probably never see the sleep doc again - I get shuffled off to the NP even if I have problems.

[Sleep2Snore]

Thanks for the reply. It’s not a major deal at all. The omission of internal temporary back up is a reflection, in my opinion, of the low (if at all existent) priority placed upon patient access to data by the manufacturer.  Summary data is mostly to encourage compliance.  My own clinical experience (in pediatric rheumatology) is that compliance may often be improved by understanding of one’s illness.  The opportunity to learn this lesson by ResMed (& I’ll bet other manufacturers) remains.

Yes, some of us think that the patient must be the enemy or something, based on the lack of info provided.  What makes it worse is that most of us go back to the sleep doc eventually and they never look at the detailed data. Just compliance.   Well, in my case, I'll probably never see the sleep doc again - I get shuffled off to the NP even if I have problems.

Over here (mostly anyway).the Sleep Nurse is the one to go to first, it is only if they can't sort it out or you ask for more pressured does a Sleep Doctor get Involved.  I used to see a sleep doctor once a year, but it then went to asleep nurse. They are better anyway here as they use the equipment at home so as they can advise patients. 
They just used to look at compliance here, but now they have better machines they will look at data if we have problems.  However, they still just look at the average readings if you don't report you have problems.
They asked me to leave the machine on so they could download my data to see how I was getting on with the new machine, but I was so used to turning it off I just flicked the switch in the morning.   They never contacted me, so either they got it at some point or they weren't bothered!

[OMyMyOHellYes]

No harm. You just have to do without the data that would have been recorded.

Data loss is no big whoop.

[raymer]

No harm.  You just have to do without the data that would have been recorded.

Data loss is no big whoop.

I know this is an old thread and this is also my first post, so apologies if I break some protocol.
But my question is simple.

Does accidentally leaving my SD card out of the ResMed for one night affect the statistics or overview data in Oscar? I realize that I lost the detailed data for that night, but should I somehow delete that day altogether so it is not factored in the averages, or is Oscar smart enough to realize that those data points are not really 0?

wondering.

[pholynyk]

The ResMed machines save the settings and summary statistics internally when the SD card is not present, and adds them to the summay files when it is inserted later.

No need to drop the day.

[raymer]

Phholynyk,
Thanks for the reply. That is great too know. ?