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Permalink Reply by Med on July 27, 2011 at 1:57pm

I've seen these, but I really can't imagine any hospital inserting a flash drive anywhere on their network.

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Permalink Reply by heathersf on July 27, 2011 at 7:45am

I ABSOLUTELY wear a Medical ID bracelet. I have a wallet card and ICE numbers in my cell. I've also stressed to my 10 year old son that whenever I'm low he is NOT to leave my side unless it's to call 911 and then he has to come right back to me.

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Permalink Reply by BlessedMom on July 27, 2011 at 1:19pm

Hi, A sweet friend of mine bought my daughter an ID from roadid.com (Road ID) it is actually designed for athletes. It doesn't look like a typical Diabetic bracelet.
I have a paramedic friend that I asked, is it even worth it? He said absolutely!! Every time they have an emergency call, the first thing they do is check bracelets and necklaces.
If you don't want a bracelet, you may want to consider a long necklace you can hide under your shirt. I think it would be a good idea.
Happy day :)

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Permalink Reply by latvianchick on July 28, 2011 at 12:34pm

Hear hear BlessedMom!

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Permalink Reply by Jan on July 27, 2011 at 6:53pm

Do any of you feel that a pump can take the place of ID jewelry? Isn't that proof enough that I'm diabetic?

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Permalink Reply by 4xgrandma on July 28, 2011 at 5:27am

Jan,

Sad to say, but I would venture a guess that many medical personnel wouldn't know what it was if they saw it.

Linda

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Permalink Reply by Jan on July 28, 2011 at 12:24pm

Serious?? It's very hard to believe that medical personnel wouldn't recognize a common medical device. I'm going to check in with my 2 cousins who are in the field. Will report back here.

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Permalink Reply by latvianchick on July 28, 2011 at 12:33pm

I cannot believe all this negativity. Thousands of life have been saved by wearing some form of identity over the world. I have 7 medics in my church and they have all commented on it and one who actually is a paramedic took me to hospital with DKA thought I was drunk before we knew that I was diabetic!

I talked with another paramedic who came into our church to teach a first aid course as part of another course that is going on and I asked her, do paramedics check for this jewellery and do they know what to do with it - she said that absolutely they do.

Even if you are not sure, what harm can it do?

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Permalink Reply by Candice on July 28, 2011 at 5:01am

Mike, I have type II diabetes. I wear an ID bracelet every day. I have two additional medical issues that are listed on the bracelet also. I feel more secure having the bracelet on. Also, I have ICE information listed on my cell phone.

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Permalink Reply by Roadpizza on July 28, 2011 at 5:35am

I'm a Lineman and can not wear metal jewelry so I opted for a tattoo on the forearm.

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Permalink Reply by Linda on July 28, 2011 at 12:55pm

I've had a medic alert bracelet since 1961 and it has come in handy on more than one occasion. I was hit by a car and taken to hospital in ambulance on one occasion, and also suffered a low while in Hong Kong on another. I'm glad I had it on. You never can predict when you might need it.

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Permalink Reply by Ayomideji on July 28, 2011 at 9:22pm

you dear not just mention it anyhow in this part of the world because of discrimination but i think its better to wear such ids in case of accidental emergencies.........

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