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How to make a Digital Medical Alert Tag

USB memory stick.

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By lilaclady
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Here is a great way to carry all your medical information with you where ever you go and if anything happens to you hospitals and doctors have all the information about you they need, and all the important information that could save your life.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Computer
USB memory Stick

Step 1

Set up a file in "My Documents" call it "My Medical Alert"
Step 2

Set the file up into sections that will include information on:

1.Name, Address, Phone Number. date Of Birth
Emergency contact numbers.(Next to Kin)
2. Allergies
3. Medical information and your Doctors name and medical address.
4. Medical insurance or benefit numbers, Ambulance card numbers.
5. Pension information if applicable.
6. Any added information you wish that you feel could be important to the medical staff or to family or friends that will need to do things for you.
7. Family information, even mother & fathers names as this does get asked at times.
Step 3

Copy file onto the USB memory stick and mark the stick in some way "Medical Information"
Step 4

Now tell anyone that may be involved when something does happen to you where the stick is, I carry mine in my purse at all times.