Guest guest Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 In my twenty plus years as a RN ( ER as well) I can tell you that I have never called a medic alert company for info. What hospitals do check is if you have ever been a patient there. They look at your old medical records. A better thing to do is in your cell phone under contacts put IN CASE OF EMERGENCY AS THE CONTACT NAME. Deb RN Debra >Gwen wrote: >Two different times I have been in the Emergency room and no hospital personnel ever looked at my Medic Alert bracelet nor called them to figure out what was wrong with me or what I needed. My family was able to inform them and had with them my Medic alert paper work and they very quickly were there with the info or no telling what would have happened to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 >What hospitals do check is if you have ever been a patient there. They look at your old medical records. A better thing to do is in your cell phone under contacts put IN CASE OF EMERGENCY AS THE CONTACT NAME. Hi Deb I want to add that your old records are not likely to have your current medications in it. Make sure your family sure someone has a list of exactly which medications you are currently taking. So many times I had patients say " I take a little white pill, you know which one it is honey. " We all know that there are a zillion " little white pills " . It is extremely important to know exactly which medications you are taking. I have had multiple patients who see their family doctor, and perhaps a cardiologist, and come to find out they are taking the same medication. One is listed by the generic name, so they don't know it's the same drug. Taking two doses of the same medication each day, can really mess a person up. It is horrible that the doctors don't contact each other, nor the pharmacy pays any attention. It's been 11 years since I worked as a nurse, but I do not doubt that this still happens. Many times it's best if you are taking an elderly person to the hospital, just take all the pill bottles with you. Take them back home after the nurse writes them all down. These will also have the names of all the doctors who are prescribing them too. If you, or the person you are with uses the same pharmacy faithfully, they can fax the medication information to the hospital. Kaylene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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