Medical ID bracelet

@magginfp Yes, I have a medical ID bracelet, through Medic Alert Foundation. I have their mid-level membership. The bracelet is worn whenever I am out of the house.

Traveling alone when you have health concerns can be a challenge. My suggestion is that someone you trust knows your itinerary. It will give you peace of mind, believe me! Where are you planning to travel to?
Ginger

Going home to England in May. Family visit.
Bloodwork tomorrow will determine if I can make the trip 🤞🤞🤞

@maggieinfp
Like @gingerw I too have an id through MedicAlert. I've had it for over 50 years. MedicAlert can give assistance to emergency and medical personal. They also notify family members and store medical and legal documents.
https://www.medicalert.org/
Enjoy your trip
Jake

I also just have a metal piece that I got from Amazon that attaches to the band of my Apple Watch. I also have all my medical information as well as all medications entered on my health record on my Apple Watch.

@pjpanning
Your Amazon i'd is less expensive for sure. MedicAlert has gotten a bit pricey over the years. when I joined a stainless steel bracelet, cost $6.00 dollars a sterling silver one cost $9.00 dollars and the gold bracelet cost $24. Obviously, that was a long time ago. But Medic has advantages over other id’s and phones, apps etc. MedicAlert charges $24.99, 49.99 & $74.99 per year.
@gingerw
Do you have your DNR & advanced directive through MedicAlert?
I'm glad they are around. I have been found unconscious nearly everywhere you can imagine and MedicAlert immediately alerted ever one what was wrong. They notified my doctor and parents. Great organization!!!
Jake

I too have medical ID. One is a necklace that looks like dog tags. The other is a stretchy bracelet with a little compartment that holds a folded up sheet of paper with pertinent information written on it. I found that I had too many things to put on it and couldn’t write that small. Still the necklace and bracelet are good to catch someone’s attention. Mine are so old that I have to color the red snake on a pole emblem with a red sharpie from time to time.
I made a separate sheet with pertinent information on it. It has emergency contacts, diagnoses, medications, medical providers contact information and pharmacy contact information on it. I keep one copy in my wallet, purse, back pack &/or fanny bag. And another one in my medication, supplies & devices bag for travel.

my dad used to color his when needed with red nail polish

@jakedduck1 Leonard, I have all pertinent information at my fingertips. My [new!] medical alert bracelet includes the DNR, and I keep a copy of my POLST folded in the glove compartment of my car. There is a seat belt cover that would tell anyone that I am a dialysis patient, and have a fistula on my right arm, in case I need to be rescued from my car. I have a folder from my dialysis clinic that includes "transfer paperwork", that is a run-down of my treatment if there is a need for hospitalization.

To some it might be over-kill. But I have been a 911 dispatcher, and seen what happens if there is none/little information to go on for a patient in an emergency situation, and had that happen with my mother back in the 80s. Or, maybe it reflects back that I must have been a Boy Scout in a former life "always prepared".
Ginger

My community also implemented a program called “smart 911”. Folks can download a plethora of information into it so that if / when you make a 911 call the emergency responders should have everything they need to know to take care of you. I recently got an email asking if mine was up to date. I guess I better check that out!

@gingerw
I don't think it's overkill at all. Better to have too much information than not enough. I like the plastic cards like the one in the seatbelt holder. I carry one of those in my pocket and my primary id is on my Apple watch.