Medic alert bracelets

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Are medical alert bracelets typically just an emblem that says your condition on the back - not your medicine or a number to call for info about you.

i definately need one (want a wristband one) but I'm very confused at the different things I'm seeing online. Also when I first looked into this I could have sworn I saw that you needed to have a doctor state you had this condition and what medicines you are taking, but now i've searched all over the website i read that on and can't find anything.

The bracelets on ebay are very cheap, and one person stated that they will add information to the bracelet. but i'm wondering if thats a good or bad idea.

Of course I will also possibly be on several different medicines this year so it might just be best to get one that says epilepsy than put a sticker on the back of it with my medicine and dosage information (just so long as the emblem is big enough for that)

I have one that basically has the "medical" logo thing and on the back of it says "see wallet card". You can pick up a cheapy until you are sure exactly what you need and what route you are going. You can get "dog tags" with the emblem on it also. Just go to a local pharmacy and they should have a generic one that will do you for a while, or if you don't mind the genericness of it, for a long while. (Just make sure to fill out the index card type thing they come with or it's pretty useless. Also, paramedics only seem to look at them if you are completely incoherent or unresponsive and have no one to talk for you.)

I have one for my food allergies... it lists my name and all of my allergies on the back. You can have it say anything, but they are only needed for conditions in a special emergency, where you would be unable to respond, but so that they would know how to treat you.

actually I would need mine even if I were able to respond, because I can appear to be coherent while i'm having a seizure,even a bad one - in the past i've punched ER doctors and chased my siblings with garden tools while threatening to kill them. In fact thats why I want, I don't want to be tasered repeatedly, slammed to the ground, hogtied and taken to jail just because I had a seizure in public. The people that happens to have complex partial seizures like me and the seizure causes them to be hallucinatory, delusional, and very angry even after it has ended

So i might be saying something like "no officer, nothings wrong. I just felt like dancing is I walked across the street because I'm very happy." when in reality I'm having a seizure and have no idea I'm saying or doing anything like that.

I guess I better make sure that note is included as well.

But then how to convince them that i am ok when i really am ok

I should probally get a bracelet or pendant to warn medical personnel that I have allergies to topical Betadine and eggs. Right now I only have a wallet card.

I wear a bracelet for my epilepsy.

It has my name and "Seizures" engraved on the front
and my phone number engraved on the back.

Necklaces and dog tags are also
availble for anyone who wants one
at an engraving shop near you.

You should wear a bracelet/necklace/dog tag if you have the following:
Asthma
Diabetes
Epilepsy/Seizures
Autism Spectrum Disorder!
Multiple Medications
Vision Impairment
Multiple Sclerosis
Glaucoma
Food Allergies
Insect Bite Allergy
Drug Allergy
High Blood Pressure

You can also go to identifyyourself.com
and order one online.

The company is based in Houston, Texas
and a snail mail address is on their site.

Hmm, I put down epilepsy, and aspergers, the medicine I can't take and my severe allergies to things like irish spring soap and gain detergent, as well as deadly allergies to fruit like pineapple and limes, and not deadly but very severe allergies to grapes and kiwis and guacamole, and the need to stay away from unknown products with citrus because of my fruit allergies than...

i should just stop looking at bracelets and get a medic alert t-shirt to wear at all times

A popular ( and I think smart) option is ICE. If you have a cell phone, create a contact named "ICE" and list details like someone to contact, medical conditions and medications/dosage, insurance, and allergies. This will allow emergency personnel to make decisions better suited to you, and avoid potentially serious interactions and complications. It is not a replacement for a medilert bracelet if you've got something very serious like cancer or organ failure, but it is a saftey measure everybody should take in my opinion.

i have one because of my epilepsy.
It is engraved with the logo on the front side and on the back that i am epileptic on the bracelet and it has a number that the ambulance people can call to get my medical information, like what medication i am on etc.
it is made of silver and it cost me $100 (Aussie dollars)
mum made me get one after i was diagnosed with epilepsy (last year)

I have the ICE contact list in my cell phone. Parental units made my sister and I both put that in our phones, even though my sister has nothing medically wrong with her.

I need to look into getting a medic alert bracelet for my epilepsy. Even though I've had AS all my life, it's not very severe, so a wallet card explaining what AS is and that I have it is probably sufficient.

With some of the conditions listed, you should use discretion to decide whether or not a medical ID is necessary. For example, if someone has mild, excercise-induced asthma that's under really good control or mild vision imparement (better than 20/100 or so) or mild food allergies, I don't think it's really neccessary unless there's multiple reasons.

Anyone like myself with an egg allergy should at least be carrying a card in their wallet or purse identifying it as a "TPN" infusion (also called hyperalimentation) could be life threatening as the solutions are made from egg products. A big number of unconscious or unresponsive patients get fed by this method in hospitals. This is a totally separate procedure to routine IV administration used for hydration and medicine delivery...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_parenteral_nutrition

The respective line on my wallet card simply states, "Egg allergy, DO NOT give TPN".
(BTW, I can't take flu shots due to this allergy, either.)

The wristbands or the bracelets is an good thing to give the awareness of the Brain Cancer and how it can be prevented.

I discussed the medical bracelet issue with two neurologists and two psychiatrists, and was told a wallet card would be sufficient. More to the point, however, I cannot stand to wear anything on my wrists, fingers, or neck because of sensory issues. I do not and have never managed to learn to wear a watch, for instance.

I'm not sure a wallet card is sufficient. My wallet could easily be damaged or lost during an "incident" of some sort, or during a crisis. So maybe an implanted RFID chip with the useful information would be a solution, once that becomes an option for human beings.

I think it would be good for me to have one because I can get really stressed out and not think clearly in stressful situations and because I wear contact lenses for my eye condition.

My husband was recently attacked by the police and increasingly so, despite me saying he was autistic, and he was resisting because he can't stand touch. They didn't believe me, and I tried to get them to at least take one hand off to take his wallet out to look at the card. They didn't. If he had a wristband on, they might have seen the ICE, as they were holding his wrists, and maybe thought "oh s**t". Instead he got knocked out on the pavement and thrown into a police cell for the night. I am looking to buy not only one for him, but one for myself also.

Any UK ppl with experience of these ICE bands?