An automated dose-response record system comprising: a housing configured to house waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including an electronic physiologic monitor; a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; a system for monitoring administration of one or more IV medications and fluids, the system comprising: at least one of a sensor (436, 438) configured to identify the one or more IV medications or fluids, or an input configured to receive an identity of the one or more IV medications or fluids; a machine vision digital camera to capture an image of one or more of a syringe or a drip chamber; processing circuitry operably coupled to the sensor to receive the identity of the one or more IV medications or fluids, the processing circuitry operably coupled to the machine vision digital camera to receive the captured image and determine a volume of medication administered from the syringe or fluid administered from an IV bag based on the image, wherein the processing circuitry automatically outputs the identity and determined volume of medication administered from the syringe or fluid administered from the IV bag to an electronic record or database constituting a dose event, wherein the system further comprises a further machine vision digital camera to capture an image of a patient, wherein the further machine vision digital camera is in electrical communication with the processing circuitry, wherein the further machine vision digital camera and the processing circuitry are configured to analyze the image of the patient to identify one or more of a movement, a secretion and a skin color change constituting a response event, and wherein the dose event and the response event are temporally correlated by the processing circuitry and automatically recorded into an electronic record or database. a housing configured to house waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including an electronic physiologic monitor; a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; a system for monitoring administration of one or more IV medications and fluids, the system comprising: at least one of a sensor (436, 438) configured to identify the one or more IV medications or fluids, or an input configured to receive an identity of the one or more IV medications or fluids; a machine vision digital camera to capture an image of one or more of a syringe or a drip chamber; processing circuitry operably coupled to the sensor to receive the identity of the one or more IV medications or fluids, the processing circuitry operably coupled to the machine vision digital camera to receive the captured image and determine a volume of medication administered from the syringe or fluid administered from an IV bag based on the image, wherein the processing circuitry automatically outputs the identity and determined volume of medication administered from the syringe or fluid administered from the IV bag to an electronic record or database constituting a dose event, wherein the system further comprises a further machine vision digital camera to capture an image of a patient, wherein the further machine vision digital camera is in electrical communication with the processing circuitry, wherein the further machine vision digital camera and the processing circuitry are configured to analyze the image of the patient to identify one or more of a movement, a secretion and a skin color change constituting a response event, and wherein the dose event and the response event are temporally correlated by the processing circuitry and automatically recorded into an electronic record or database. at least one of a sensor (436, 438) configured to identify the one or more IV medications or fluids, or an input configured to receive an identity of the one or more IV medications or fluids; a machine vision digital camera to capture an image of one or more of a syringe or a drip chamber; processing circuitry operably coupled to the sensor to receive the identity of the one or more IV medications or fluids, the processing circuitry operably coupled to the machine vision digital camera to receive the captured image and determine a volume of medication administered from the syringe or fluid administered from an IV bag based on the image, wherein the processing circuitry automatically outputs the identity and determined volume of medication administered from the syringe or fluid administered from the IV bag to an electronic record or database constituting a dose event, wherein the system further comprises a further machine vision digital camera to capture an image of a patient, wherein the further machine vision digital camera is in electrical communication with the processing circuitry, wherein the further machine vision digital camera and the processing circuitry are configured to analyze the image of the patient to identify one or more of a movement, a secretion and a skin color change constituting a response event, and wherein the dose event and the response event are temporally correlated by the processing circuitry and automatically recorded into an electronic record or database.