System, method, and apparatus for remote patient care

A portable patient-care kit, comprising:

• a housing forming a container space;
• a central control unit comprising a touch-screen user interface device having a transceiver configured to communicate via a network;
• a plurality of compartments disposed within the container space, each compartment configured to retain at least one medical apparatus, each of the plurality of compartments including an identifying tag that corresponds to inventory stored within each of the plurality of compartments, the identifying tag being communicatively coupled to the central control unit;
• and
• a plurality of lights, each of the plurality of lights being configured to supply light within a separate one of each of the plurality of compartments, wherein the central control unit is configured to illuminate the plurality of lights so as to illuminate the plurality of compartments and the at least one medical apparatus retained therein in a sequence of operation, the central control unit configured to automatically illuminate a next compartment in the sequence of operation based on data from at least one of the at least one medical apparatus.