Continuous patient monitoring

A system for providing continuous monitoring of a patient, the system comprising:

• a first monitor device configured to measure one or more physiological attributes associated with the patient, the first monitor device being a piezoelectric device that measures the physiological attributes without contact, and wherein the physiological attributes including heart rate, respiration rate, and patient movement;
• and
• a second monitor device configured to measure one or more physiological attributes associated with the patient, the second monitor device including one or more sensors contacting the patient;
• wherein, upon an alarm condition indicating an abnormality by the first monitor device, the second monitor device is configured to measure a physiological attribute and either:
• (i) suppress the alarm condition when the second monitor device detects a non-alarm condition;
• or
• (ii) allow the alarm condition when the second monitor device detects an alarm condition;
• and
• wherein the second monitor device inflates a blood pressure cuff to a sub-measurement pressure to estimate movement of the patient and detects the non-alarm condition when movement of the patient is detected.

A method for continuously monitoring a patient, the method comprising:

• measuring a first physiological attribute using a first monitor device, the first monitor device being a contactless device;
• detecting an alarm condition indicating an abnormality by the first monitor device;
• measuring a second physiological attribute using a second monitor device, the second monitor device including one or more sensors contacting the patient, and the measuring including:
• inflating a blood pressure cuff;
• estimating movement of the patient based upon a pressure characteristic as measured by the blood pressure cuff, the pressure characteristic including a pressure increase or decrease indicative of movement;
• and
• determining a non-alarm condition when movement of the patient is detected;
• suppressing the alarm condition when the second monitor device detects the non-alarm condition;
• and
• transmitting the alarm condition when the second monitor device detects an alarm condition.