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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Way down yonder in the Land of Cotton
Posts: 231
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Way down yonder in the Land of Cotton
Posts: 231
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I have one....
Hi Everyone.
Unless things have drastically changed from when I got my Medic Alert bracelet (I got one that is titanium plated, because I am allergic to other metals), they can only fit so much info on the back of the emblem. The person that you talk to on the phone when ordering your Medic Alert thingy will help you figure out what is the MOST pertinent info that should actually be engraved on the emblem. Other info can be put on their file for you, and that the Paramedics or EMTs will hear about/get when they call. They are supposed to call AS SOON as they see your emblem.
This is what I have on the back of my emblem:
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.
Takes Anticonvulsants
Allergic Wasps
(and then my reference number is engraved below all of that)
When/if you call to order a bracelet or necklace emblem (they have both available), they will tell you that they won't put initials like "RSD" or "CRPS" or "MS" or whatever else on the back of the emblems. They say that is because in an ER situation it is just best to have the actual WORDS there for the ER folks to see, and not leave ANYTHING to any "Guess work" or "assumptions" as to what a disease is.
In my FILE that they have, it has the other stuff, about my metal allergy, other meds that I take, used to have that I had my SCS implant (when I did...that has been taken off when I did an update), other allergies (like to Morphine..I cant have that stuff, it makes me horribly sick), other conditions and problems that I have, and who my doctors are. When an ER worker sees your Medic Alert emblem that are supposed to call right then (the 800 # is also engraved on the back of the thing) and get all of the info that you have on file.
Pretty much, you have to think about what is the MOST important info that you might need communicated to the ER folks if you were not able to talk for yourself. In my case, it is pretty important that they know about my Wasp Allergy, because that could very possibly be the cause of my not being able to communicate. They need to know about my RSD (rather they KNOW what it is right then or not....they will have to start figuring it out. BTW, I have had LOTS of medical folks ask me about my bracelet and what "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy" is....so it is a way to help educate folks too), and they need to know about the anticonvulsants, because that is pretty important (incase of them NOT giving it to me, or giving me something that interferes with it. When I put that on there, I was taking Neurontin. Now I take Topomax). Like I said, once they call the 800 #, they will get the entire list of meds that I take.
I think that it is only smart to have a Medic Alert bracelet or necklace to help us take care of ourselves as best we can. I hope that I didn't make matters more confusing by butting in here, but that maybe it helped a little to hear from someone that already has one of these things.
I hope that you all have a good weekend.
((hugs))
Jose
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