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Diabetes Wallet Card

Sid Bonkers

Sid Bonkers

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Location
S.E.London, N.W.Kent borders
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Customer helplines that use recorded menus that promise to put me through to the right person but never do - and being ill. Oh, and did I mention customer helplines :)
Surfing around some diabetes web sites looking for something else when I stumbled upon this which I thought may be useful for some. You enter your name and emergency contact details and it produces an emergency medical wallet card that can be printed off and kept in, er , well your wallet :D



Link "medindia.net/patients/Diabetes-wallet-card.asp" - just add the 'www' bit at the front of the link

This is what it creates.

diabetes%20card.jpg


Not too bad eh?
 
Why does it say 'do not give me sugar'? I'd have thought that would be the best cause of action as it's more likely (as a T1) that you are hypo rather than hyper, I'd prefer it to say 'do not try and inject me'! :o
 
If you are unconcious you should not be given anything by mouth, that is why it says those things. I think I would rather be unconcious for a few more minutes (assuming they can't give you your glucagon injection) and wait for the paramedics than have someone try and shove sugar, drink etc down my mouth and me choke on it and die. I'm not exaggerating either, this has happened before.
 
Hi guys

I think the wording is a little confusing. Surely if able to swallow you would want someone to help you with juice or something sugary.

Emma
 
redrevis said:
If you are unconcious you should not be given anything by mouth, that is why it says those things. I think I would rather be unconcious for a few more minutes (assuming they can't give you your glucagon injection) and wait for the paramedics than have someone try and shove sugar, drink etc down my mouth and me choke on it and die. I'm not exaggerating either, this has happened before.
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No, it says if I am able to swallow please don't give me... obviously if you were unable to swallow giving food/drink would be impossible and dangerous.

I just think the wording could be batter and perhaps interchangable for T1/T2 as T2s are more likely to be hyper whereas T1s are more likely to be hypo
 
My card says this
Je suis diabétique. Si je me comporte de façon inhabituelle (si je parais en état d'intoxication) ou si je suis inconscient(e) cela peut être une réaction à l'insuline.

If I'm behaving in a unsual way, if I appear to be drunk or if I am unconcious this may be an insulin reaction.

Je ne suis pas en état d'intoxication. Appeler un médecin ou le SAMU. Si je suis capable d'aveler, veuillez me donner un aliment sucré. (exemples: soda sucré,sucre, jus d'orange, bonbons)

I'm not drunk. Call a doctor or the emergency services. If I am capable of swallowing. please give me something sugary (sweet fizzy drink, sugar, orarnge juice, sweets)

(it looks very like that one but in French, I'm sure I've seen it on the internet somewhere, I wonder if this is a case of mistranslation..... just looked and couldn't find it but I did find this simple one in French, English and Spanish... might be useful for holidays. The PDF link doesn't work for some reason... click on Cartes de diabétiques en anglais et en espagnol

http://www.afd.asso.fr/Vivreaveclediab% ... fault.aspx
 
Apologies, I read it quickly and misread it. If you are not unconcious and you are able to swallow then surely you would want to be offered something sugary like others have said? That makes no sense? Although depending on how low you are, you may be refusing sugary products due to being irritable, confused etc which could in turn confuse the people that are trying to help you as they are doing what they think/know is best. Defo some rewording needed. But each to their own. Choose your own words, still a handy thing to have in your wallet. I've got one of the cards made by novo nordisk like this:
EmergencyCard.jpg
 
I have to thank you redrevis, as I have been carrying that same card around with me since I was diagnosed and given it by the diabetes nurse. However I stopped using insulin earlier this year and seeing yours prompted me to read it and realise it says "I am using insulin" :shock:

I have now removed it from my wallet :lol:
 
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