Video: What Do You Put On a Medical Alert Bracelet?

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A medical alert tag or bracelet can come in a computerized version that will provide an entire medical history, but it generally should include information about seizures, heart conditions, diabetes or anything else that will aid in the treatment plan. Find out about including allergies on a medical alert bracelet with help from an emergency medical technician in this free video on medical alert bracelets.

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Video Transcript

If you have a serious medical condition that could leave you incapacitated, it's advisable that you get a medical alert tag. As EMTs and Paramedics when we show up on scene, we may find you unresponsive and unable to tell us what our medical problems are. If you have some kind of medical alert tag system on you, it'll lead us in the right direction. A couple different areas that we will look, would be on the wrist, maybe you have a bracelet form. It could also have a necklace version. People have actually tattooed things on their bodies to let use know. One case that I've seen somebody actually had DNR, Do Not Resuscitate, right over their heart, so it comes in many forms. Also in new technology, you can have a computerized version that we bring with us, put it right in the computer, it'll give us your whole history. A couple other things that you can put on your medical alert bracelet would include your medical history, do you have seizures, a heart condition, diabetes. These are whole things that could help us out in your treatment. It's also being very important for us to know if you're on certain medications such as blood thinners. Also allergy, all different types of allergies, we would need to know about, in case you're allergic to shell fish or food allergies. Another thing you could put on there, would be telephone number for an emergency contact, or a telephone number for your doctor who would have your full history. Once we brought you to the hospital, this would significantly help your treatment and we'd be able to contact your family members and your doctor.

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What Do You Put On a Medical Alert Bracelet?

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