Posted by laima on August 24, 2006, at 16:28:21
In reply to Re: ID, et alia » laima, posted by yxibow on August 24, 2006, at 11:30:40
No, really, thank you. These are the "hard facts", just exactly the type I need to know about and be aware of regarding my bracelet question. Rosying up won't help me if "reality" strikes. I do have a doctor appointment tomorrow, and will ask him for an opinion. But I have a feeling he'll say pretty much exactly what you just did.
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> > Hmm....I got stuff all over my wallet- do you think that during that 60 minutes they'd be as likely to find something say, written on my chest as hanging on my wrist?
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> > > Often -- one never knows about the need for that "golden hour" (the 60 minutes when an ambulance should be arriving and taking care of you, or a medevac). I can understand about the dangling of a bracelet -- I don't know if some companies make clasps more specially designed for a particular wrist or not. I can also understand that you would only want something as tight as a watch if you are working with machinery as that is a safety concern of having your hand pulled into something nasty so I know what you're saying.
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> > > The wallet and maybe somewhere a duplicate in your purse should be sufficient for a thorough technician if you don't feel comfortable with a bracelet as I say I'm sure they all differ in style, comfort, etc. You'd have to ask the company.
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> Well, the truth is that most EMTs would likely look at the wrist first for extreme disorders -- bracelets have been around for years. It would explain why someone had just had a seizure (epilepsy) and not some other reason, etc.
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> If you're, and this is graphic, lying on the street after being hit by a car or something, and there's no bracelet, you have some chance that on the way to the ER they may see a purse/bag/whatever (men or women) or look in your pants pocket for identification for next of kin and insurance purposes and other reasons and then they will discover a card, especially if it is in a prominent place, like behind your drivers' license /passport/identification card.
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> I don't think its anything someone should obsess about -- but things unfortunately do happen in life. Its up to the individual to decide. In cases of EMSAM it probably isn't as bad as in cases of Nardil, let's say, as to what things would react. There might be time to adjust things with the prior more than the latter simply due to strength differences.
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> -- best wishest
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> Jay
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