Patent ID: 8837683

Claim:
A critical health information profile and emergency communication system, comprising: a base unit including a microphone; a speaker; a user interface; a communication system comprising an interface for communicating via a telephone system and or a broadband network; a memory system; an extractable portable memory embedded in said base unit, said portable memory separate from said memory system, said extractable portable memory being configured to be accessible from the exterior of said base unit and extractable from said base unit by emergency responders; a microprocessor coupled to said communication system, said memory system, and said extractable portable memory when said extractable portable memory is embedded in said base unit, said microprocessor configured with software that operates to receive an input to said base unit indicating to retrieve a previously stored critical health information profile of a user from a remote location and based on said input receive at said base unit the previously stored critical health information profile of the user via said communication system, store the critical health information profile in said memory system, and automatically store a duplicate of the critical health information profile in said extractable portable memory in multiple formats, the critical health information profile comprising medical history information of a user, wherein the critical health information profile is HL-7 compliant and the duplicate of the critical health information profile is stored in the extractable portable memory in multiple formats including HL-7 and plain text, said microprocessor further configured to store an emergency notification list that includes contact information of people that the base unit calls and notifies that the 9-1-1 system was activated; a display screen; a case holding said communication system, memory system, extractable portable memory, microprocessor, display screen, and user interface, said case comprising a coupling port on a surface of case for receiving said extractable portable memory; and at least one preprogrammed hot button, said base unit configured to, upon actuation of said hot button: call a 9-1-1 operator and play the pre-recorded message stored in said memory system to the 9-1-1 operator, communicate the critical health information profile including the medical history stored in said memory system to the 9-1-1 operator in a format displayable on the 9-1-1 operator screen, allow two-way voice communication between the 9-1-1 operator and a user at said base unit using said microphone and said speaker, automatically call the people on the emergency notification list and play an alert message stating that the base unit's emergency communication system has been activated; and receive inputs via said interface to display the critical health information profile including said received medical history on said display screen of said base unit.