network interface 212 in a well known manner transceiver 203 receives sensor signals that have been transmitted by sensor unit 100 and passes the sensor signals to processor 201 processor 201 monitors the different sensor signals that have been received from sensor unit 100 and in a well known manner compares the respective values of the sensor signals to corresponding alarm values stored in memory 202 processor 201 can store the received sensor information in data recording unit 210 for later retrieval and evaluation for example data recording unit 210 can be a mass storage device such as a disk drive an optical drive or a random access memory ram card alternatively processor 201 can also store the received sensor information in memory 202 for later retrieval and evaluation processor 201 outputs the current monitoring conditions to display 204 which displays the heart rate the respiration rate and the body temperature of the monitored person display 204 can also display information such as monitored maximum and minimum values of the heart rate respiration rate and body temperature the current time and other monitored information while display 204 is preferably as a single liquid crystal display lcd that displays all of the monitored parameters display.