A patient monitoring system including a sensing-recording device that attaches to a patient, a probe utilized to attending personnel at a trauma site and a portable data processing system with wireless communications means with each of said probe and sensing-recording device. A medic utilizes a portable data processing device in the form of a tablet or smart phone to select measurements and to control the operation of the probe and the sensing-recording device. Information obtained from the probe can be transferred to the sensing-recording device. The sensing-recording device includes sensors for continuing to accumulate information about various physiological parameters during the transport of a patient from a trauma site to a medical facility.
