Medical ID Bracelet

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A friend of mine just got some enamel medical emblems with sticky backs that are really nifty.
They are called Lifetags.

Does anyone else have experience using Lifetags? susaneisen.comlifetag.htmOpen ↗

They sell them on Yahoo store.yahoo.comindex.htmlOpen ↗ Has anyone ever heard of
them or used them?

I don't like the standard ID bracelets because it seems some people at the office treat me
differently at the office when they know about my condition. It's almost as though they
automatically think I need sympathy or I'm less capable to do my job.

Lifetag says you can discreetly put their medical emblems on your drivers license, medical
insurance card or current watch without buying or wearing new jewelry. They also recommend decals
for my automobile in case of an accident.

Thoughts?

Emergency medical personnel are taught to look for a medical id wrist bracelet or a medical id
neckless. The discovery rate, when one is present, varies depending on which study and under what
circumstances. An oft quoted average is about half the time. The discovery rate for alternate
locations and forms is very low. The prettier and more jewelry like the id is, the less frequently
it is recognized. The best ones are big, ugly, and unmistakable. The standard MedicAlert id fills
this bill very well.

www.medicalert.org/

I have never encountered the response described above, maybe I'm just not very sensitive. (My wife
has mentioned something like that from time to time now that I think of it.) If you can ignore the
response, it may go away.

Charly Coughran [email hidden]

I sworn that if I had to wear an MED ID Bracelet the rest of my life, it would be as nice as the
jewelry I already wore. I designed my own bracelet and my local jeweler made a beautiful one of
white and gold -gold with diamonds. The medical emblem is the same as on all ID's but in gold and my
medicalert number, diabetes, & shellfish allergies is engraved on the back, along with my name

Have had loads of complements and love it.

Jolene

"Charly Coughran" <ccoughran@DELETE_TO_REPLY_ucsd.edu> wrote in message
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[email hidden] (stenwick) wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

A friend of mine just got some enamel medical emblems with sticky backs that are really nifty.
They are called Lifetags.

Does anyone else have experience using Lifetags? susaneisen.comlifetag.htmOpen ↗

They sell them on Yahoo store.yahoo.comindex.htmlOpen ↗ Has anyone ever heard of
them or used them?

I don't like the standard ID bracelets because it seems some people at the office treat me
differently at the office when they know about my condition. It's almost as though they
automatically think I need sympathy or I'm less capable to do my job.

Lifetag says you can discreetly put their medical emblems on your drivers license, medical
insurance card or current watch without buying or wearing new jewelry. They also recommend
decals for my automobile in case of an accident.

Thoughts?

Emergency medical personnel are taught to look for a medical id wrist bracelet or a medical id
neckless. The discovery rate, when one is present, varies depending on which study and under what
circumstances. An oft quoted average is about half the time. The discovery rate for alternate
locations and forms is very low. The prettier and more jewelry like the id is, the less frequently
it is recognized. The best ones are big, ugly, and unmistakable. The standard MedicAlert id fills
this bill very well.

www.medicalert.org/

I have never encountered the response described above, maybe I'm just not very sensitive. (My wife
has mentioned something like that from time to time now that I think of it.) If you can ignore the
response, it may go away.

Charly Coughran [email hidden]

Given the low discovery rate, I'm wondering how necessary it is to wear this kind of ID anyway.
Aren't emergency medical personnel trained to check blood glucose routinely with a fingerstick, at
least in the ER if not in the field as well. I have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order on my Medic-
Alert but I wonder how many emergency people would follow this order. I lost my ID so I do not wear
it currently. Should I replace it and wear it? What are your opinions?

--
Antonio
Age 37, Type 1 for 10 years
On Insulin Pump
"Charly Coughran" <ccoughran@DELETE_TO_REPLY_ucsd.edu> wrote in message
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[email hidden] (stenwick) wrote in
:"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

A friend of mine just got some enamel medical emblems with sticky
backs that are really nifty. They are called Lifetags.

Does anyone else have experience using Lifetags?
susaneisen.comlifetag.htmOpen ↗

They sell them on Yahoo
store.yahoo.comindex.htmlOpen ↗
Has anyone ever heard of them or used them?

I don't like the standard ID bracelets because it seems some people at
the office treat me differently at the office when they know about my
condition. It's almost as though they automatically think I need
sympathy or I'm less capable to do my job.

Lifetag says you can discreetly put their medical emblems on your
drivers license, medical insurance card or current watch without
buying or wearing new jewelry. They also recommend decals for my
automobile in case of an accident.

Thoughts?

Emergency medical personnel are taught to look for a medical id wrist
bracelet or a medical id neckless. The discovery rate, when one is
present, varies depending on which study and under what circumstances.
An oft quoted average is about half the time. The discovery rate for
alternate locations and forms is very low. The prettier and more jewelry
like the id is, the less frequently it is recognized. The best ones are
big, ugly, and unmistakable. The standard MedicAlert id fills this bill
very well.

www.medicalert.org/

I have never encountered the response described above, maybe I'm just not
very sensitive. (My wife has mentioned something like that from time to
time now that I think of it.) If you can ignore the response, it may go
away.

Charly Coughran
[email hidden]

Juan Antonio said:

Given the low discovery rate, I'm wondering how necessary it is to wear this kind of ID anyway.
Aren't emergency medical personnel trained to check blood glucose routinely with a fingerstick, at
least in the ER if not in the field as well. I have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order on my Medic-
Alert but I wonder how many emergency people would follow this order. I lost my ID so I do not
wear it currently. Should I replace it and wear it? What are your opinions?

No, not when I worked ambulance. It's an invasive procedure: you don't start invasive procedures
unless you have to. The cost of the procedure, the time and space and requirements to handle the
glucometer and strips, and the handling of blood products are all serious adventures.

I gave up wearing ID stuff back when I worked with amazingly tough teens. The bracelets would get
hung up on tools and stuff and fall off due to the chintzy clasps, and kids tried to throttle me
with the necklace twice. (The chains broke: I have a very think, tough neck.)

Jolene, I like it!!!!! I have one of the prettier ones, and actually get compliments on it. Hmmmm,
you may have helped me to figure out what I want for my 10th wedding anniversary. Steph

"Jolene GJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I sworn that if I had to wear an MED ID Bracelet the rest of my life, it would be as nice as the
jewelry I already wore. I designed my own bracelet and my local jeweler made a beautiful one of
white and gold -gold with diamonds. The medical emblem is the same as on all ID's but in gold and
my medicalert number, diabetes, & shellfish allergies is engraved on the back, along with my name

Have had loads of complements and love it.

Jolene

"Charly Coughran" <ccoughran@DELETE_TO_REPLY_ucsd.edu> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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[email hidden] (stenwick) wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

A friend of mine just got some enamel medical emblems with sticky backs that are really nifty.
They are called Lifetags.

Does anyone else have experience using Lifetags? susaneisen.comlifetag.htmOpen ↗

They sell them on Yahoo store.yahoo.comindex.htmlOpen ↗ Has anyone ever heard
of them or used them?

I don't like the standard ID bracelets because it seems some people at the office treat me
differently at the office when they know about my condition. It's almost as though they
automatically think I need sympathy or I'm less capable to do my job.

Lifetag says you can discreetly put their medical emblems on your drivers license, medical
insurance card or current watch without buying or wearing new jewelry. They also recommend
decals for my automobile in case of an accident.

Thoughts?

Emergency medical personnel are taught to look for a medical id wrist bracelet or a medical id
neckless. The discovery rate, when one is present, varies depending on which study and under
what circumstances. An oft quoted average is about half the time. The discovery rate for
alternate locations and forms is very low. The prettier and more

jewelry

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like the id is, the less frequently it is recognized. The best ones are big, ugly, and
unmistakable. The standard MedicAlert id fills this bill very well.

www.medicalert.org/

I have never encountered the response described above, maybe I'm just

not

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Quoted message said:

very sensitive. (My wife has mentioned something like that from time to time now that I think of
it.) If you can ignore the response, it may go away.

Charly Coughran [email hidden]

Medical ID bracelet is an alert device used by many patients so that a proper watch could be made in case of any acute situation. These bracelets are of many types and made up of many materials. They often suggest by doctors for their senior patients.

Elderly alert systems