Patent ID: 8849397

Claim:
A device for the medical care of a patient in an emergency comprising: an item of clothing, wherein the item of clothing is worn by the patient on the body; a monitoring device arranged on the item of clothing, wherein the monitoring device monitors at least one physiological function of the patient to determine an emergency; and a therapeutic device for treating the patient when the monitoring device determines an emergency, wherein the therapeutic device is: arranged on the item of clothing, and operatively connected to the monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device can, without the active involvement of the patient or a third party, trigger the therapeutic device when the monitoring device determines an emergency, and wherein the therapeutic device is a respiratory therapeutic device that endotracheally supplies oxygen, an oxygen-containing gas mixture and/or at least one drug, wherein the respiratory therapeutic device comprises a puncture unit for perforating the trachea of the patient below the larynx.