Having a medical alert bracelet is important if you have life-threatening medical conditions like food allergies and asthma. For the past couple years I have had a medic alert bracelet and a separate silicone bracelet with my care everywhere ID which lets doctors access my medical records from anywhere. This summer, I realized my bracelets were too warn out to be of any use so I went on the hunt to find a new one. Here was my criteria:
- It had to have a QR code or online medical profile: My Medic Alert bracelet was great but it is unrealistic to think that a paramedic or EMT is ever going to call Medic Alert from the back of the ambulance. The back of the ambulance is loud and talking on the phone with someone while is in the back is impractical. Having a QR code that a medic can scan and look at while in the back of the ambulance is much more practical.
- It had to have a place to write my medical conditions on the actual bracelet: Sometimes in the heat of an emergency there is no time to go on a website to see what medical conditions a patient has. With things like anaphylaxis, the amount of time it would take to look up a profile online could be the difference between life and death.
- It couldn't be fabric: I am very active and fabric would be impractical because it would get dirty.
- It had to be a bracelet: I think bracelets are more discrete and I'm not trying to advertise to the world my medical conditions.
I still had to solve the problem though of having my medical conditions imprinted on the bracelet. I solved it by getting this little clip for the bracelet from Road ID that could clip onto my bracelet. Problem solved.
In the end, I am very satisfied. The quality of both the MyID and the Road ID exceeded my expectations, particularly the Road ID. I had a similar ID from American Medical ID that was practically illegible after a few months and was also twice as expensive. The fact that the letters are black definitely should help make it easy to read.
This is what I ordered:
Road ID
MyID in Salmon/White
I have not been given an incentive to endorse any of these products. All of this is my own opinion. Thank you for reading!
This is what I ordered:
Road ID
MyID in Salmon/White
I have not been given an incentive to endorse any of these products. All of this is my own opinion. Thank you for reading!