Medic Alert
Necklaces - Do You Need One?
 Medic
alert necklaces can save lives - it's as simple as that.
In the words of an excellent advisory from the Ohio State University Medical
Center, in a document titled "How
to Help Someone Having a Seizure" (pdf file): "It is important that any
person with seizures wear a Medic Alert necklace or bracelet in case a
seizure occurs in public."
Similar words come from Karen Mayry, President of the National Federation of
the Blind of South Dakota:
I feel that the use of a Medic Alert necklace or bracelet is necessary to
our well being. It is a natural symbol notifying others that we have special
needs regarding our health. The Medic-Alert organization keeps an
individual's personal medical history on file with a toll-free number to
call engraved into the necklace or bracelet. Emergency room doctors, who may
have never seen you before you arrive, unconscious, can call this number and
access this information. It can help save your life.
In fact, health professionals are trained to look for such medical ID. So it
means that, if you have one of many life-threatening conditions, in the event of an emergency your condition will be swiftly
recognized, and the correct procedures can be initiated.
It is said that numerous medical errors occur because of faulty diagnosis of
a patient's true condition. This risk can be minimized by wearing a medic
alert necklace.
The famous
MedicAlert organization manages the sale of necklaces in a variety of
styles (one is pictured above), including what it calls its Designer
Collection.
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February 20th, 2007
Updated: November 8th, 2007
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