1. A method of monitoring a healthcare environment for purposes of early event detection comprising: actively monitoring a healthcare environment for speech input using a microphone to input speech from the healthcare environment; activating a speech recognition program in real time upon detection of the speech input to interpret the speech; using a computer processor to compare the interpreted speech to keywords in a database; and if the interpreted speech matches a keyword in the database, triggering a response event for the actively monitored healthcare environment that includes outputting an alert and activating an event log that includes a listing of at least one of resuscitation activities and voice identifications, wherein the speech input at the microphone is actively monitored in substantially real-time using the speech recognition program to interpret the speech and the computer processor to compare the interpreted speech to keywords in the database.