I’ve considered getting a medical alert bracelet many times, I take many medications which emergency personal might need to know about to save my life if I’m in an accident, or simply fall on the street. I’ve never been able to find one that’s reasonably tasteful, affordable and weighing less than most ocean-going liners. I can’t tolerate any weight on my wrists, so I’d have to go for a pendant, which I couldn’t find for anything other than bee sting or peanut allergies.
Lucky me, because today I found a website offering a wide range of Medical Alert Jewelry in lots of styles and colours - and with the ability to engrave lots of information (like medications which could interfere with emergency treatment, such as pain killers or blood pressure medicine). Best news is, the have options from less than £20 - fantastic!
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Wow - look at all the available styles! Almost makes me want to revamp my current Medic Alert necklace. I got it quite a few years ago, and during the blessedly few ambulance transports I have had to make since then, I ended up verbally explaining to the attendant the relevant issues.
My one question would be: If you have a number of conditions, as I do, how would you know which information was most relevant to put on the jewellery? Which should you include and which is not relevant?
I suppose another method would be to keep a notebook that lists all your meds and conditions (particularly when attempting to put all of them on a metal disk would result in a pendant the size of a jumbo chocolate bar!). The convenience of a pendant or bracelet is that you don’t need to remember to keep it on your person.
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