An apparatus for medically monitoring a patient comprises at least one input to receive medical data relating to or received from a patient being monitored and memory 608 to store the received medical data and a received vehicle identifier, which is associated with a vehicle. The apparatus further comprises a communications module and a processor 610. The processor is configured to generate patient data, associated with the patient being monitored, comprising the medical data 604 and the vehicle identifier 602. The processor is also configured to control the communications module to transmit the patient data to a remote server 608. The disclosure is particularly suitable for medically monitoring patients remotely, using communication between apparatus in an ambulance and a hospital for example. In use, the invention may transfer data relating to blood-pressure, temperature or heart-rate. Allows early preparation to be made by hospital staff to prepare for an emergency arrival via ambulance. In a further aspect, also disclosed is a pairing system whereby the processor pairs first (102a, figure 1) and second (102b, figure 1) patient monitoring apparatus when they are communicatively coupled. This can be through the use of first (104a, figure 1) and second (104b, figure 1) docking stations.La présente invention concerne un appareil de surveillance médicale d'un patient comprenant au moins une entrée pour recevoir des données médicales relatives à un patient surveillé ou reçues en provenance du patient surveillé et une mémoire pour stocker les données médicales reçues et un identifiant de véhicule reçu, qui est associé à un véhicule. L'appareil comprend en outre un module de communication et un processeur. Le processeur peut être configuré pour générer des données de patient, associées au patient surveillé, comprenant les données médicales et l'identifiant de véhicule. Le processeur peut également être configuré pour commander le module de communication pour transmettre
