Urgent access medication dispensing station

A medical supply station comprising:

• a plurality of securable compartments configured to hold medical supplies;
• a critical access module configured to, in response to actuation by a user, permit substantially immediate access limited to one of the plurality of securable compartments;
• a transceiver configured to provide identification information of the user to an item dispensing device;
• and
• a controller configured to restrict access to the one of the plurality of securable compartments by the critical access module after a predetermined number of actuations of the critical access module.

A method, for urgent medical supply dispensing, comprising:

• determining if a critical access module of a medical supply station is actuated;
• in response to when the critical access module is actuated, bypassing access information required by a controller, configured to restrict access to one of a plurality of securable compartments configured to hold medical supplies, in order to permit substantially immediate access limited to the one securable compartment from among the plurality of securable compartments;
• capturing at least one image of an area proximal to the medical supply station in response to actuation of the critical access module;
• and
• restricting access to the one securable after a predetermined number of actuations of the critical access module.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a processor to execute instructions to control a medical supply station by performing steps comprising:

• determining if a critical access module of a medical supply station is actuated;
• in response to when the critical access module is actuated, bypassing access information required by a controller, configured to restrict access to a plurality of securable compartments configured to hold medical supplies, in order to permit substantially immediate access limited to one securable compartment from among the plurality of securable compartments;
• capturing at least one image of an area proximal to the medical supply station in response to actuation of the critical access module;
• and
• restricting access to the one securable after a predetermined number of actuations of the critical access module.