Medic Alert Bracelets

[Bina]

With the recent influx of new members on this site, I thought this may be a good reminder.
Medic Alert information could save your life if you are ever in a car accident, or pass out, have a heart attack etc.
There are now many choices of Medic Alert jewellery;
bracelets, necklaces, watches, sports wrist bands, etc; in all sizes, styles and price ranges.
The pictures on their web site don't do them justice, I bought the small sterling silver bracelet and it is super nice. I never take it off.
Sorry, if this sounds like a sales pitch....it is NOT

 

[Cooker]

Good reminder Bina. I have the stainless steal necklace. Same here, it never comes off. It is a must for those on anticoagulant.

Do you have the link to the website?

Tom

 

[Bina]

Aren't you a good boy!
www.medicalert.com

 

[Cooker]

Aren't you a good boy!
www.medicalert.com

I feel like I should wag my tail

 

[WayneGM]

I even wore one for the 3 months I was on coumadin after my mitral valve repair. Better to be safe than sorry. I just bought the cheap kind you can pick-up at the drug store. I engraved "Coumadin" on the back myself rather than send it to the company to have it done like the instructions said. I figured by the time I got it back I'd already be off coumadin. I also carry a wallet card with my Health Insurance card that advises I have an "implanted cardiac prosthesis" and the model info.

 

[Cooker]

I have a friend that is a EMT. She said to put my St Jude valve card and coumadin card right next to my insurance card. That is the first thing they look for when deciding where to take you

 

[Bina]

Exactly.
When my wallet is opened, the first things visible are the St.Jude card, health card, hospital card, and drug info card.
EMTs and Hospitals should not be wasting time searching for these things.

 

[Ross]

Bracelet Smacelet, I don't need no stinking bracelets.

 

[Cooker]

Exactly.
When my wallet is opened, the first things visible are the St.Jude card, health card, hospital card, and drug info card.
EMTs and Hospitals should not be wasting time searching for these things.

When my wallet opens that is the first thing you see too. It replaced that tell tale Trojan circle

 

[Bina]

Bracelet Smacelet, I don't need no stinking bracelets.

I agree...your scars and tag-along hardware will speak for you
But the bracelet is very p r e t t y

 

[Bina]

When my wallet opens that is the first thing you see too. It replaced that tell tale Trojan circle

Ain't you bin neutered by now?

 

[Cooker]

Ain't you bin neutered by now?

Last time I checked, no

 

[Granbonny]

I ordered my bracelet 5 years ago..picked up a phamplet at drug store...pharmacy..waiting for a refill....It is not medic=alert but has all the info..My name..takes coumadin, ect..It has NEVER been off my left wrist.. very light weight....Main thing..great clasp...but I am glad to see you starting another thread..The writing is getting faded...so, will remember to look for another phamplet...Hope it is the same company....I think I paid $50.00..gold-plated................I think it is more important for women to wear one...why..in case there are more than 1 woman in car wreck, ect...and their purses will be scattered...Not to be gruesome..but what if everyone was unconcious, ect...The EMT's would be confused as which wallet belonged to whom?..Bonnie

 

[KAJ]

This past March, my wife (RN) went to the ER by ambulance. She thought she was having a heart attack. It turned out be a gallbladder problem. However, one of the ER nurses looked at me and said "you look familiar'. My wife and I told her I was there two years ago in CHF after my OHS. She then immediately looked at my arm to see if I had a medical bracelet. She told me "oh good, you have one. I was about to get on if you were not wearing one".

Karl

 

[Cooker]

I think it is more important for women to wear one...why..in case there are more than 1 woman in car wreck, ect...and their purses will be scattered...Not to be gruesome..but what if everyone was unconcious, ect...The EMT's would be confused as which wallet belonged to whom?..Bonnie

Bonnie,
Great point!! I never would have thought of that reason. That needs to be hammered home.

Tom

 

[ClickerTicker]

I posted images of my Medicalert bracelet and wallet card in this thread a while back:
http://www.valvereplacement.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10704
Have since lost that one and got a replacement that also mentions my AF - mind you, the red paint in the bracelet engraving has already come off - nothing lasts these days .

 

[catwoman]

I've had a Medic Alert bracelet -- wrist-watch style -- for nearly 4 years.

Two co-workers saw mine and asked about it. One is a breast cancer patient, on chemo. The other is a diabetic, on warfarin & dialysis. She has finished all med tests and is on a list for a kidney transplant.

Both got the same type bracelet I have, but they got the two-tone, which I like better.

 

[BDMc]

Med Alert

Med Alert

I ordered one right after surgery, and have updated my records with them every time they change. They maintain it for free now as part of the Shiley recall settlement(no cash, but at least I get that). Quite a few medical pros have told me they thought it was essential, including a number of EMts. I think I'm on my second one. Never comes off except for surgery. Brian

 

[fyrfytr]

Another good site is www.americanmedical-id.com/home that is where I get mine from. My first one was given to me by my surgeon, after my surgery.

 

[CThrock]

I got my medical braclet right after surgery. I also keep a list of my meds in my wallet for emergencies or going to a dr. appt.
I thought those cards we received for our St Judes valves was a trip.