Are You Prepared for Medical Emergencies?
November 26th, 2009What would you do in the event that a member of your family, or a neighbor or workmate, suddenly experiences a medical emergency and has to be rushed to hospital? Ensure that you are prepared for the worst?
You’re likely to have to provide paramedics, nurses and doctors with detailed health information. This might include dietary needs, allergy information and details of pre-existing medical conditions like diabetes. Your document might also include vaccination details, medication that is currently being used and details of recent illnesses and injuries.
We tend to think that, if the worst should happen, all we need to do is call the emergency services. They are likely to have a whole load of questions that need to be answered and you really need to be prepared in order to answer them.
One solution to this problem is to produce an Emergency Document for every member of your family and your household. A similar system might be set up in the workplace. The Emergency Document would provide healthcare professionals with details of medical conditions, allergy information, medicatio that might be taken along with vaccination details and additional relevant information.
These documents are best compiled by the individual concerned. When writing the document it should be assumed that you are unable to communicate, perhaps due to unconsciousness. What sort of information would they need to know under such circumstances?
Keep all of your household emergency documents printed out and in a safe location. Keep your emergency documents up to date with the latest medical information. If you need to go to an emergency room then take the relevant documents with you and make certain that medical staff take a copy and don’t retain the original. Your Emergency documentation can save a lot of time that would otherwise be spent repeating the same information.
Emergency documents can be particularly useful when travelling. Think of the document as an addition to your travel insurance policy.It would take only a few short minutes to produce such a document but the information it contains could save your life.
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if you’re an older traveler you would do well to consider senior travel insurance and you may like to consider pre-existing medical condition travel insurance.
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