A fake hospital patient monitor: a sweeping ECG trace with a steady heartbeat, a pulse oximetry wave, a breathing wave, and large readouts for heart rate, oxygen, breathing rate and blood pressure. Put it on a monitor beside the bed in a hospital scene, a medical drama or a training video.
How to use it on set
- Open this page on the monitor that will be in the shot. For several monitors, open each screen in its own browser window.
- Press F or the fullscreen button. Move the mouse off the screen and the controls and cursor fade out after a few seconds.
- Turn on Do Not Disturb so no notifications pop up during a take, and set the display to 60 Hz.
- Frame your shot. If the screen flickers or shows lines on camera, see how to film a screen without flicker.
Making it look real
Hospital monitors sit beside or above the bed, angled toward the staff rather than the patient. A tablet or small monitor on a stand or arm is the right size. The traces sweep left to right and erase just ahead of themselves, the way real monitors draw, and the heart rate moves a beat or two now and then.
The monitor is silent. Add the beeps in the edit, timed to the heartbeat on screen, which runs at about 72 beats a minute.
Good for
- Hospital and medical scenes
- ICU, emergency room, recovery room.
- Training and demo videos
- A clear monitor for first aid or nursing material.
- Music videos and shorts
- A tense bedside scene without hiring equipment.
- Escape rooms and haunted houses
- A lab or hospital prop that keeps running all day.
Questions
Is this a real medical monitor?
No. It is a prop for film and video. The traces are generated by a formula and are not connected to any patient or sensor. Never use it for real medical decisions.
Can I change the heart rate?
Not yet. It runs at a steady rhythm around 72 beats a minute, a healthy resting rate.
Can I show this screen in my video or film?
Every name, ticker, number and logo on it is made up, so there are no real brands or company interfaces on screen. Check your production's own clearance rules for anything you publish.