Abstract: A monitoring assembly designed to continuously monitor the temperature of a patient, such as but not exclusively limited to a child, and including a sensor assembly having at least a first sensor structure removably attachable to the patient in preferably direct contact and engagement with the skin at a predetermined location. A display assembly includes a first display structure associated with a remotely located casing which may vary in size and configuration and further wherein the display assembly includes a second display unit mounted on the housing which is removably attachable to the patient being monitored.