System and method of providing emergency notifications across an ad-hoc network in a health care facility

Abstract

A system and method of transmitting an emergency notification among patients in a health care facility is disclosed herein. The first patient device establishes an ad-hoc network of devices within the health care facility. The ad-hoc network of devices includes a plurality of other patient devices and a plurality of health care provider devices. The first patient device detects a trigger event for sending a message across the ad-hoc network. Responsive to the detecting, the first patient device generates the message that includes a header that includes a unique identifier corresponding to the first patient device, a locally stored list of neighboring devices to the first patient device, and an indication of the trigger event. The first patient device causes the message to propagate across the ad-hoc network by broadcasting the message via a radio transceiver of the first patient device.