In case of emergencies

[Arro]

Was wondering does any one use a medical alert bracelet, necklace or card for any kind of emergency?

[MistyMountainHop]

You can get a medical alert card (credit card style, plastic) made to your specifications, by a company on Ebay, for about £5......

[SofiaDeo]

I have a medical thing in my iPhone that can be accessed without the passcode, and a piece of tape on the back of my Drivers License saying "venetoclax CLL, call MD" near the barcode. Hopefully police or other first responder will see it if they scan my ID into the system looking me up. I also carry business cards of my CLL specialist and GP under my driver's license in my wallet. Another good place in a wallet for oncologist and MD cards is next to any insurance card.

[shazie]

I do carry a medical ID card in my wallet at all times. I do have a bracelet as well but I hardly ever wear it.

[Zia2]

I have a necklace from Lauren’s Hope. Dog tag style but pretty necklace.

Example

[thb4747]

I have a bracelet because, if I should be in a car crash, I can’t have a regular blood transfusion. Mine says CLL, O Negative, Irradiated blood only.

[Kwenda]

Emergency workers and police now look for a mobile phone for a person's identity.Thus a paper sticker on the mobile phone inside the cover is good, and set up the mobile phone so that emergency workers and police can access the limited data they would need.

Dick

[SofiaDeo in reply to Kwenda]

I agree, which is why I buy the phone case with wallet built in so my Drivers License and other cards are right there!

[virdieblue in reply to SofiaDeo]

I wear a necklace with health and contact information. That way it is always with you. Quick and easy Virginia

[Annie1920]

I was admitted for suspected Tumour lysis. I told them and flashes a card my consultant had given me(from the same hospital) and no one read it properly nor did I get antibiotics for 4 hours

[SofiaDeo in reply to Annie1920]

Since antibiotics aren't used for Tumor Lysis Syndrome treatment or prevention, I am not surprised or alarmed. It took some time to run the tests for TLS, and when you didn't have that as initially thought, they looked for other causes of your symptoms. And something made someone either think you had an infection, or noted you were a neutropenic cancer patient and were given them as a precaution when TLS and other causes were ruled out.

An advantage of large centralized healthcare system is that the information is all there, correct? In the US, not all hospitals and doctors can easily share data. So cards and bracelets and such are more important. If you see your consultant at the admitting hospital, they had all your records. They don't need to read the card your consultant provided.

[Sanders9]

My husband has a message on his phone screen saying he has CLL and must have irradiated blood

[SERVrider]

I have a U-Tag which I wear on my wrist when riding. My helmet has "U-Tag worn by rider" on it and I also have a crash-card inside my helmet with a green dot beside the visor which paramedics and Police are trained to look for. (One reason why crash helmets always accompany injured riders to A&E) The U-Tag was developed by ex-service personnel and you enter all your medical data on it. It can be plugged into any USB port and interrogated in a multitude of languages so hospital staff can see everything they need immediately. The personal stuff is password protected so they can't see that. I have a second one worn on a neck-chain.

[janvog]

I live in a building of 200 apartments for elderly. Often an ambulance stands on the entrance: The medics take their time, pulling all their equipment from the vehicle, then slowly come into the lobby, wait for the elevator. After almost half an hour, they appear again out of the elevator with a load of patient on their carriage. Later the vehicle rolls away...