Medical ID Bracelets
In all my years of being in the health care industry and seeing so many people come in for emergencies, I realize that it’s bound to happen. A patient could come in with some emergency, incoherent or not able to communicate, and the people who brought him in are not aware of any of his medical conditions. Does he have hypertension? Diabetes? Epilepsy? Drug allergies? Is he taking any medications? These are important questions that would help the doctors in the emergency room tailor their management for this particular patient.
This is where medical ID bracelets would have come in handy. You can have all your current medical problems and medications with you all the time. Here is some info on medical IDs.
The great thing about medical ID bracelets is that they look great too! They are worn as jewelry, so you won’t really feel self-conscious about wearing them all the time. They don’t shout “sick person” but they do provide vital medical information when the need arises. I found some great looking ones at the keepsafejewelry website. They also have watches with alarms to remind you of the time you need to take your meds a medical database too. Prices are quite reasonable for something that could make the difference between life and death.
hi, joey! many of our patients have that kind of bracelet here. it’s called a medialert bracelet, and has a chip that paramedics/hospitals can scan that links up to a computer database that has a list of all the patient’s co-morbid conditions and current meds, as provided by their attendings. it’s very handy and convenient - if only we had the same resources at home!
March 21st, 2009 at 9:14 pmHi doc… This isn’t actually related to medical ID bracelets but…I hope you can join the next edition of The Blog Rounds.
I’m hosting (it’s my first time!) and the topic is “TBR MD’s: Their Lives and Letters” but it takes too long to explain here hehe. The call for articles (and the explanation of the topic) is at http://ligayasolera.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-rounds-call-for-articles.html. I really hope you can join! 
Thanks!
March 31st, 2009 at 12:35 amCool Doc. I wanna get 1 for each member of our family. Hehe :))
April 6th, 2009 at 5:53 amYeah, I think this is a good idea. Saves a lot of time and can be life saving too. For example, one scan of the bracelet can tell the ER physician whether the patient is allergic to penicillin or some other drug. Vital things like that.
We should have this here in the Philippines!
April 12th, 2009 at 2:34 amhi ness, i am in the planning stage of putting this up in the philippines.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:49 amI for one need this for my son who is g6pd+
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October 31st, 2009 at 6:45 pmen el instante que lo que estoy ocupado que no puedo hacer comentarios, pero sus preguntas y comentarios se han recogido mi inter
December 14th, 2009 at 11:31 amSuperb weblog, thanks for writing this report
April 20th, 2010 at 9:08 pmhi all, first batch of basic medical id tags arrived yesterday. were selling it at a very reasonable price of Php 595. if interested please drop me an email at caflorendo@gmail.com.
April 28th, 2010 at 12:30 pmThanks!