Medical ID alert bracelets are considered a way to identify yourself to emergency service personnel as someone who has an allergy, a medical condition like diabetes or food allergy of some sort. This helps to determine your treatment in the case of an emergency. A great example is someone who is diabetic that is found unconscious and unresponsive. An id bracelet is going to get them to get right on checking your blood sugar and expect that this is the issue much faster than if they had to go down the normal checklists. The more information that you can give on the ID the better. For example, you may have your doctor’s name put on the bracelet and their phone number. You may have your own address or a list of allergies. Whatever information a doctor should know about you right away is what goes on the back of the bracelet.
Always wear your bracelet because medical personnel trained to look for it. The id is going to have a large red emblem on it, the universal signal to trained persons that this is a medical alert. This information worn on your body could actually save your life and is well worth wearing. Some people are concerned with the way it looks or feeling that they are standing out in a crowd. Necklaces are also available and can be worn under clothing. It is most often noted that the bracelet is most visible but this is also preferable if you are in medical crisis. Consider the risks and weigh your options. The choice is certainly yours to make. You should choose what you feel best with, but at the very least wear something!
This simple ID may save your life and is very important not just to you but also to your family. Imagine what would happen to them if something happened to you that could have been prevented. If you are given a medication during a treatment at the ER and have a very bad reaction, the results could be catastrophic. Why take that chance? Look at your children and ask yourself if they’d prefer for you to wear the bracelet. I’m sure that they would!
The bracelets are available is styles that look like jewelry so they don’t appear so obtrusive and make you feel like you are standing out too much. People don’t like labels so they often avoid being labeled as diabetic or things of that nature. This is understandable so the makers of these id pieces are now producing even watches that have the id medallion on the band of the watch. Look at your options. Bracelets start as low as $5.95 and go up. If you find yourself looking at one of the watches or gold pieces of jewelry, you can actually spend hundreds of dollars and have a really beautiful piece of jewelry that is both functional and stunning. Just be advised that if you are not trying to bring attention to your medical issue, that they glimmering pieces of jewelry may well have the opposite effect.