An emergency can happen at any time, usually when you least expect it.
Wearing a medical alert provides valuable information to about your medical conditions to first responders that can help them to provide better care. It can even save your life!
Here’s a quick rundown on how it all works.
What Is a Medical Alert?
A medical alert is a bracelet, necklace, or other ID that you wear 24/7. It lists out information including your chronic health conditions, allergies, and prescribed medications, as well as any implantable devices such as a pacemaker or spinal cord stimulator.
It is especially helpful to include information about “invisible” health conditions that may not be immediately obvious to first responders such as diabetes, epilepsy, an anaphylactic peanut allergy, or taking a prescribed blood thinning medication.
Making Sure You Get the Right Care
Providing this valuable information to first responders helps them to identify the problem quickly and provide the correct treatment. If someone has an anaphylactic peanut allergy and loses consciousness and is wearing a medical alert band, the first responders can administer epinephrine to treat the anaphylaxis.
If they were not wearing a medical ID band, the first responder may need to rule out a possible narcotics overdose and administer Narcan (naloxone) first instead of epinephrine.
Providing the right care as quickly as possible greatly improves patient outcomes.
Selecting Your Own Medical Alert
At American Medical ID, there are a wide variety of different necklaces, bracelets, and other ID options available to fit your personal taste and lifestyle.
The different IDs are categorized into options for men, women, and children, as well as different styles. The friendly customer service staff can help you figure out what information to include if you need guidance.
Check it out today: https://www.americanmedical-id.com
