> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.elationhealth.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Patient Chart Guide- Adding historical vitals > This article describes how you can easily add historical vitals information from old records using a Non-Visit Note in Elation. ## Why should I add historical vitals to the patient's chart? Adding historical vitals allows you to trend vitals information over a period of time especially when you first start using Elation. If patients are keeping track of their blood pressure at home on their own, you can record those readings in the patient's chart using this feature to trend their results. Once the vitals information is stored in the patient's chart, you can use the [Chronological Record search](/articles/using-the-search-tool-in-your-patient-chart#Vitals) to pull up a table of vitals information. Chronological Record showing vitals trend table for Minnie Jones with WT, HT, and BMI values across two dates: 05/10/2021 and 05/06/2021, filtered by TEXT: vitals search. ## Adding historical vitals To add historical vitals: 1. Click **Notes** >> **Non-Visit Note**. 2. Click **Vitals** to prompt the **Document Vitals** box to appear 3. Enter vitals information as needed for the patient and make sure you update the date of the vitals records. 4. Click **Save** or **Save and Add Another** to keep adding more 5. Click **Sign Note** to save the Non-Visit Note containing the historical vitals Document Vitals dialog open with two BP readings entered (130/80 "morning before breakfast" and 145/88 "evening after dinner"), date set to 06/01/2022. The Vitals button in the Non-Visit Note is highlighted, showing how to open this dialog. The vitals will then appear in a non-visit note within the patient chart and be available for trending immediately upon sign-off. Signed Non-Visit Note dated Jun 9, 2022 showing historical BP vitals for 06/01 and 06/02/2022 recorded in the patient's Chronological Record. ## Related Articles * [Chronological Record Guide- Searching for records in the patient's chart](/articles/using-the-search-tool-in-your-patient-chart)