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<blockquote data-quote="SockFiddler" data-source="post: 1718086" data-attributes="member: 412001"><p>I've got a bracelet (the logic is if I'm wearing a scarf and collapse, they'll at least take my pulse and find it in the way - a necklace could be missed / removed without being properly looked at) and an ICE app on my phone. They both have info of the meds I'm on, my GP and that I'm a parent carer, which should, hopefully, trigger some safeguarding if my son is with me or some phone calls to social workers if he's not.</p><p></p><p>However, I can - and do - take the bracelet off unless I'm going out. Partly because it's a little uncomfortable and I can't get used to it. Partly because I, too, struggle with the "label" thing. It's a compromise.</p><p></p><p>I didn't want to get an engraved bracelet - situations, medications all that stuff change. Instead, it has a little compartment that opens up with a little slip of paper inside, onto which I've written all the relevant info. The phone app is annoying as all heck, but is able to convey more information and I know that paramedics (in the UK at least) will check mobiles for info if a patient is alone and unconscious: the phone doesn't need to be unlocked for the info to be available, and I'm also able to ping a text and my GPD location to friends if I'm in trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SockFiddler, post: 1718086, member: 412001"] I've got a bracelet (the logic is if I'm wearing a scarf and collapse, they'll at least take my pulse and find it in the way - a necklace could be missed / removed without being properly looked at) and an ICE app on my phone. They both have info of the meds I'm on, my GP and that I'm a parent carer, which should, hopefully, trigger some safeguarding if my son is with me or some phone calls to social workers if he's not. However, I can - and do - take the bracelet off unless I'm going out. Partly because it's a little uncomfortable and I can't get used to it. Partly because I, too, struggle with the "label" thing. It's a compromise. I didn't want to get an engraved bracelet - situations, medications all that stuff change. Instead, it has a little compartment that opens up with a little slip of paper inside, onto which I've written all the relevant info. The phone app is annoying as all heck, but is able to convey more information and I know that paramedics (in the UK at least) will check mobiles for info if a patient is alone and unconscious: the phone doesn't need to be unlocked for the info to be available, and I'm also able to ping a text and my GPD location to friends if I'm in trouble. [/QUOTE]
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