Brilliant hack for your emergency information

Some years ago I considered buying a bracelet or pendant for provision of personal and medical details helpful to emergency services should I become ill or incapacitated at any time. While speaking with my sister, a nurse and later clinical secretary who set up a home medico-legal secretarial business (in other words, she has a far better understanding than I do of things medical), she explained such devices have a part to play, but only if they remain on your person by the time medicos arrive. For a number of reasons, including oversight and serious accident, they may not be there when needed.

As my sister suggested, there is one ubiquitous recording device forever with us, even in a potential emergency situation: The mobile phone. It is generally in a pocket (a permanent part of a man) or handbag (ditto, woman), clipped in a holder in the car, sitting on the table beside us at home, and so on. The odds are high that’s where it will be when needed. And what better way of recording data the attending para might need to perhaps help in the fight for your life?

We drafted variations on a theme to summarise the information we’d put on our lock screens. The attachment shows the layout I use. Its format is simple and logical. It provides important details and is no problem for me to carry. The likelihood of it falling into the wrong hands does not concern me in the slightest.

This won’t suit everyone but it’s not beyond the bounds of reason it could be the difference between life and death. Because, for some years, emergency services recommended the use of an I. C. E. page on our phones, they will turn it on. The first thing they will see is the lock screen.  The page itself can be modified to suit individual needs; as an example, the four lines of address could be removed (it’s available otherwise) and the space used for further information.

I offer this as a thought-starter that others might wish to consider. Whether or not it is used is, of course, a matter of personal choice although, obviously, I am a believer in its use.

And yes, seeing you asked, I do have a pendant. 😉