Abstract: A system and method for transmitting vital health statistics from a patient to a remote location are provided, wherein the patient is onboard a mobile platform such as a commercial aircraft, and the vital health statistics are transmitted to, for example, an emergency treatment center during an in-flight emergency. The vital health statistics are preferably transmitted to the remote location via the Internet, although other transmission mediums such as cellular transmission may also be employed. The vital health statistics are gathered using a sensor that is in communication with the patient and which is also in communication with a signal processing electronics. The signal processing electronics transmit the statistics to a computing device such as a laptop computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA), among others. The computing device and/or an onboard server then transmits the statistics to the remote location.