A monitoring system (106, 200) including a defibrillator, the monitoring system configured for acquiring video of a subject (102, 202) during an emergency, the system comprising: a video camera (105, 107, 204) configured to acquire video of the subject; a data collection unit configured to collect real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject, the real-time subject monitoring data including at least one chest compression parameter; a communications unit configured to establish a communication channel between the monitoring system and an emergency response center (116, 206); and a processing unit configured to cause transmission to the emergency response center (116, 206) of the acquired video of the subject and the real-time subject monitoring data, the processing unit further configured to: compare available bandwidth of the communication channel to a threshold bandwidth; if the available bandwidth exceeds the threshold bandwidth, cause transmission of both the video of the subject and the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter; and if the available bandwidth is less than the threshold bandwidth, cause transmission of one of: only the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter and the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter and limited transmission of video of the subject. a video camera (105, 107, 204) configured to acquire video of the subject; a data collection unit configured to collect real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject, the real-time subject monitoring data including at least one chest compression parameter; a communications unit configured to establish a communication channel between the monitoring system and an emergency response center (116, 206); and a processing unit configured to cause transmission to the emergency response center (116, 206) of the acquired video of the subject and the real-time subject monitoring data, the processing unit further configured to: compare available bandwidth of the communication channel to a threshold bandwidth; if the available bandwidth exceeds the threshold bandwidth, cause transmission of both the video of the subject and the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter; and if the available bandwidth is less than the threshold bandwidth, cause transmission of one of: only the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter and the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter and limited transmission of video of the subject. compare available bandwidth of the communication channel to a threshold bandwidth; if the available bandwidth exceeds the threshold bandwidth, cause transmission of both the video of the subject and the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter; and if the available bandwidth is less than the threshold bandwidth, cause transmission of one of: only the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter and the real-time subject monitoring data associated with the subject including the at least one chest compression parameter and limited transmission of video of the subject.