Medical Id Bracelet

I keep hearing that it might not be a bad idea to have a medical id bracelet for that god forbid something happened time. What do you all think?

Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have one. I hadn't thought about it. Thanks for the tip.

I think that is a great idea!! Thanks......... Zada Ann.

I have one. I got it at Lauren's hope. Put it on the first day home and have never taken it off. You need one in case you are ever unconscious and some overzealous EMT puts an NG tube thru your new tummy! Ouch.

Hi Kim!! I have one and it's really nice however, I read from a paramedic we should get the plain metal kind as ER personnel wouldnt look twice at the pretty ones. They look like jewerly not medical ID bracelets. I have my name, gastric bypass, no ng tube w/o endoscope on the front on the back I have my physicians name and phone number. Hope this helps Jacque

I second Lauren's Hope for the bracelets -- very nice! I also wondered the same thing about pretty bracelets getting looked over and asked my husband about it (he used to be a paramedic). He said if you do get one that looks like a regular bracelet to wear it on your left wrist since that's the one they usually check for a pulse. He said either way the first thing they have to do is check for a bracelet (on either wrist) or a necklace. (He also mentioned that when they're testing and forget to list a check for medical tags as the first thing on the written exam then they won't pass.) The one I got from Lauren's Hope has the very obvious red medallion on the front of the tag, so there's definitely no mistaking what it is!

What is Lauren's Hope???