Re: Medical Alert Bracelets?

[Guest guest]

I have heard it should say: Gastric Bypass - Do Not Blindly Scope. It's not the breathing tube that is the problem - it's a tube that goes into the stomach (usually for diagnostic purposes).

Laurie W.

Medical Alert Bracelets?

Hey,DOes anyone know the phrase we should put on a medical alert bracelet. Something like do not intubate? Or something like that, to indicate, if something happens, not to shove one of those breathing tubes down our throats, cuz of the pouch?ThanksJena

[Guest guest]

Hi Jena,

I tried getting mine online, but couldn't find the right option, so just called

their toll-free number (). The operator knew exactly what should go

on it. Mine says:

ROUX-EN-Y

GASTRIC BYPASS

PLACE NG TUBE

WITH ENDOSCOPY.

NO NSAIDS.

It includes a number medical folks can call to get further information about me,

such as emergency contacts, prior surgical procedures, allergies, etc.

I decided to get a very plain bracelet. The reason I didn't get a fancy one is

that I had this mental image of being unconscious, and the paramedics not

recognizing my bracelet, so jamming something down my throat.

Hope that helps!

Eleanor

jena_mcdowell wrote:

> Hey,

>

> DOes anyone know the phrase we should put on a medical alert

> bracelet. Something like do not intubate? Or something like that, to

> indicate, if something happens, not to shove one of those breathing

> tubes down our throats, cuz of the pouch?

>

> Thanks

> Jena

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Eleanor Oster

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Berkeley, CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

Kaiser Richmond (CA)

P. Fisher, M.D.

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

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