The invention concerns a device (1) for the medical care of a patient in an emergency which comprises: an item of clothing (2), which may be worn by the patient on the body; a monitoring device (8, 9) arranged on the item of clothing (2) which may monitor at least one physiological function of the patient in order to determine an emergency; and a therapeutic device arranged on the item of clothing (2) which is operatively connected to the monitoring device (8, 9), in order to treat the patient when the monitoring device (8, 9) determines an emergency. The therapeutic device is a puncture device which may deliver a drug in an intraosseous manner.