Patent ID: 7378961

Claim:
A monitoring system for monitoring a subject, the system comprising at least one monitoring station, a remote central station and a communications link interconnecting the monitoring station with the remote central station, the monitoring station including a processor, a memory associated with the processor, monitoring station location data residing in the memory, the processor being coupled to a first input device, the processor retrieving monitored subject physiological parameter identification definition data and monitored subject location definition data in response to a signal from the first input device, the processor being coupled to a second input device for retrieving monitored subject physiological parameter sampling data, the processor determining whether the physiological parameter sampling data lies within boundary limits of the physiological parameter identification definition data and recording an out of boundary condition, the processor determining whether the stored monitoring station location data lies within boundary limits of the subject location definition data and recording an out of boundary condition, the processor transmitting an event log of recorded out of boundary conditions to the remote central monitoring station through the communications link.