An apparatus and method for nighttime distress event monitoring are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure a sleep state of a user a processor configured to determine, based upon a combination of information received from the plurality of sensors, whether the user is in a distressed state a memory configured to store the information obtained from the plurality of sensors and a communication unit configured to, if the processor determines that the user is in the distressed state, transmit a notification of the distressed state to an external device.
