Maintaining Up To Date Emergency Medical Records
Title:
Maintaining Up To Date Emergency Medical Records
Word Count:
730
Summary:
Do you know what information you need in a medical emergency?
Does your medic ID, alert bracelet or tag have enough information to save your life?
Being prepared can make a life saving difference in an emergency situation.
Keywords:
medi,medic,medic,medical,medicalert,alert,ID,bracelet MedicTag
Article Body:
Who needs to keep their information available and updated?
Actually, all of us should but very few do. However for those at risk, such as seniors, people
"In a medical emergency, you might be unconscious or unable to speak for yourself," said Alfre
Millions of Americans have medical conditions which should be immediately known to Emergency P
Diabetes (over 13 million), diagnosed heart disease (23 million), alzheimers, transplant surge
What information should be maintained?
Here are just some of the things recommended by Edward Stettner, MD, Assistant Professor of Em
Medical history - Chronic medical conditions
Medications - Including over-the-counter
Allergies - Medications and foods
Surgical history - Include the date, hospital and surgeon
Private physician - Include primary care as well as specialists
Emergency contacts - Multiple contacts with alternate numbers
Miscellaneous - Include advance directives, specific dietary needs, or any other important inf
How can you keep your information available and up to date?
Today you have many options that allow you to have your emergency information available. Which
There are also a number of monitoring services available that will maintain your information f
As a minimum, anyone with an existing medical condition or that has special emergency needs sh
So how do you carry all that information around with you?
Digital technology allows a very large amount of information to be stored on surprisingly smal
Do you need to have your emergency information available?
For most of us the answer is probably yes. If not you, how about a child, parent or other love
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Maintaining Up To Date Emergency Medical Records
Word Count:
730
Summary:
Do you know what information you need in a medical emergency?
Does your medic ID, alert bracelet or tag have enough information to save your life?
Being prepared can make a life saving difference in an emergency situation.
Keywords:
medi,medic,medic,medical,medicalert,alert,ID,bracelet MedicTag
Article Body:
Who needs to keep their information available and updated?
Actually, all of us should but very few do. However for those at risk, such as seniors, people
"In a medical emergency, you might be unconscious or unable to speak for yourself," said Alfre
Millions of Americans have medical conditions which should be immediately known to Emergency P
Diabetes (over 13 million), diagnosed heart disease (23 million), alzheimers, transplant surge
What information should be maintained?
Here are just some of the things recommended by Edward Stettner, MD, Assistant Professor of Em
Medical history - Chronic medical conditions
Medications - Including over-the-counter
Allergies - Medications and foods
Surgical history - Include the date, hospital and surgeon
Private physician - Include primary care as well as specialists
Emergency contacts - Multiple contacts with alternate numbers
Miscellaneous - Include advance directives, specific dietary needs, or any other important inf
How can you keep your information available and up to date?
Today you have many options that allow you to have your emergency information available. Which
There are also a number of monitoring services available that will maintain your information f
As a minimum, anyone with an existing medical condition or that has special emergency needs sh
So how do you carry all that information around with you?
Digital technology allows a very large amount of information to be stored on surprisingly smal
Do you need to have your emergency information available?
For most of us the answer is probably yes. If not you, how about a child, parent or other love
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Developed by SANFACE Software http://www.sanface.com/
Available at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html