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Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not
particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 26/02/2015 11:14 am, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? MedicAlert is perhaps the best service. Promoted by your local Lions club (and, from memory, possibly sponsored too) the Bracelet/jewellery (next to your pulse point) has brief details of your condition/s on it, and a phone number manned 24 hours a day (100 Languages?) so all you details are available to medics attending you very quickly, and anywhere in the world. http://goo.gl/7dY79U -- Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England My people skills are just fine. It's my intolerance of idiots that needs work. |
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On 26/02/2015 11:14, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? Your NHS number will allow them to download your brief medical records from the spine. You could have that engraved on anything. If you are diabetic it may be worth having that engraved too so someone can force feed you a mars bar in an emergency. |
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On 26/02/2015 21:06, Dennis@home wrote:
On 26/02/2015 11:14, Dave Liquorice wrote: Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? A stainless steel medic alert bracelet worn on the wrist with your full details written inside on origami paper with a very fine black ink nib. SOS Talisman ought to find them - also available in titanium. These days you can get ones with USB sticks or sD memory cards in or smaller dedicated ones for specific allergies or afflictions. Your NHS number will allow them to download your brief medical records from the spine. You could have that engraved on anything. If you are diabetic it may be worth having that engraved too so someone can force feed you a mars bar in an emergency. Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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/Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q
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On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote:
/Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain |
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On 26/02/15 22:06, JimK wrote:
/Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? Jim K In Circuit Emulator? ICE - International Currency Exchange, a UK-based currency exchange provider Independent Commission of Experts, former name of the investigation into assets moved to Switzerland around the Second World War Independent Crown entities, part of New Zealand's State sector Information Council on the Environment, a public relations organization in the USA Institution of Civil Engineers, a British professional association Iron Crown Enterprises, game-producing company from Virginia, USA Institute for Credentialing Excellence, an institute for accreditation Institute of Culinary Education, in New York City, New York, USA Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity IntercontinentalExchange, an Atlanta-based market for futures in energy and commodities and for other derivatives The Ice Organisation, a UK sustainable rewards programme, also known as MyIce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a U.S. government agency -- Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. €“ Erwin Knoll |
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On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote:
On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain And the emergency services really do use them. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On 26/02/2015 11:14, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? I'll ask her and get back to you. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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On 26/02/2015 22:29, Roger Mills wrote:
On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote: On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain Indeed. Not sure how that would work with a password-protected phone though. When my phone goes to sleep, it can receive incoming calls or make emergency calls - but that's all. Everything else needs a PIN to be input to wake it up. I doubt whether the network operators would regard ringing a number marked "ICE" as an emergency call. Android phones will display the ICE information even if the phone is locked. Don't put anything in there that you want to keep a secret. |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:40:02 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:
What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? I'll ask her and get back to you. Thanks. I'm thinking a locket on short necklace, as if I'm found catatonic they'll be looking for a pulse and the neck is the quickest and easiest place to look. Well it's a theory... -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:06:58 +0000, Dennis@home wrote:
Having Parkinsons ... Your NHS number will allow them to download your brief medical records from the spine. You could have that engraved on anything. If they have a connection... I don't trust technology that requires a connection to function. There are large areas around here that don't have 2G let alone 3 or 4... If you are diabetic ... Some one didn't read the second word of my post. ... it may be worth having that engraved too so someone can force feed you a mars bar in an emergency. You really ought to try and assertain if the diabetic is hyper- or hypo- glycemic before you shove sugar into them. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:19:43 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:
Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone. As others have pointed out that is behind a pin or swipe pattern. There is the "owner information" that is displayed on the lock screen though. Not a bad idea. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 27/02/2015 00:23, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:06:58 +0000, Dennis@home wrote: Having Parkinsons ... Your NHS number will allow them to download your brief medical records from the spine. You could have that engraved on anything. If they have a connection... I don't trust technology that requires a connection to function. There are large areas around here that don't have 2G let alone 3 or 4... If you are diabetic ... Some one didn't read the second word of my post. ... it may be worth having that engraved too so someone can force feed you a mars bar in an emergency. You really ought to try and assertain if the diabetic is hyper- or hypo- glycemic before you shove sugar into them. Giving a hyper-glycemic diabetic sugar is considered less dangerous that not giving sugar to a hypo-glycemic diabetic. If in doubt give sugar to the diabetic. |
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In message , Roger Mills
writes On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote: On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain Indeed. Not sure how that would work with a password-protected phone though. When my phone goes to sleep, it can receive incoming calls or make emergency calls - but that's all. Everything else needs a PIN to be input to wake it up. I doubt whether the network operators would regard ringing a number marked "ICE" as an emergency call. My phone an iPhone 5, and most smart phones, will let you display an opening screen before needing any password. I just made up an image with my various contact details on it so that any one attempting to use it sees them. You could add quite a bit of text to give medical info too. -- Bill |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? Any decent smartphone does Medical ID now and the paramedics know that. |
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message ... On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote: On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Indeed. Not sure how that would work with a password-protected phone though. It does with the best of them, they allow access to that without the password or fingerprint etc. When my phone goes to sleep, it can receive incoming calls or make emergency calls - but that's all. Everything else needs a PIN to be input to wake it up. I doubt whether the network operators would regard ringing a number marked "ICE" as an emergency call. You don't necessarily ring it, its just got your emergency details listed. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:19:43 +0000, Martin Brown wrote: Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone. As others have pointed out that is behind a pin or swipe pattern. No its not with the best phones. There is the "owner information" that is displayed on the lock screen though. Not a bad idea. Medical ID is displayed there with the best phones. |
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On 27 Feb 2015, "Dave Liquorice" grunted:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:40:02 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? I'll ask her and get back to you. Thanks. I'm thinking a locket on short necklace, as if I'm found catatonic they'll be looking for a pulse and the neck is the quickest and easiest place to look. Well it's a theory... How about a small tattoo on throat just below the collar line? "Parkinsons' patient - see wallet" or something? Ok, having written that down, maybe not: but I'll post it anyway! -- David |
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On 26/02/2015 9:06 pm, Dennis@home wrote:
On 26/02/2015 11:14, Dave Liquorice wrote: Having Parkinsons I'm on regular medication, at the moment not particularly time critical but as the brain rot progresses it will become time critical. So looking ahead I'm looking for some form of "Medical ID". This can't really be an engraved thing as I want it to inform people that I have Parkinsons and have details of my the meds and how often I should take them. I've had a quick look about the net and really only found bracelets or necklace lockets/capsules, wallet cards or USB memory devices that fit the rewriteable specification. It's no good carrying the information if a medic can't read it, which really rules out the USB things. That leaves a bracelet/necklace locket/capsule or wallet cards. What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? Your NHS number will allow them to download your brief medical records from the spine. You could have that engraved on anything. If you are diabetic it may be worth having that engraved too so someone can force feed you a mars bar in an emergency. Only if the helper has the appropriate medical qualification and hence has access to the spine. As not many doctors, whilst out shopping or whatever, carry a laptop with the appropriate VPN connection installed, a mobile phone to which they can connect it to get internet access, a card reader and the necessary security card to access the spine (it is normally left in their surgery computer reader) they might find access a tad difficult, and pointless since the patient would be dead by the time they had connected to the NHS's biggest white elephant. The best bet with the Mars bar would be to give it to a child as a bribe to run for help. I take it you were not being serious about either. -- Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England Foreign Aid - The transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. |
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On 27/02/2015 12:09 am, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:40:02 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? I'll ask her and get back to you. Thanks. I'm thinking a locket on short necklace, as if I'm found catatonic they'll be looking for a pulse and the neck is the quickest and easiest place to look. Well it's a theory... If you want to be "belt and braces" have a bracelet too, that being the usual pulse point that most non-medical people would look for. Most used to opt for the bracelet some years back when I dealt with them. -- Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England Coles Law: Cabbage makes good salad. |
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On 27/02/2015 00:09, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:40:02 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote: What sort of medical ID does TMH's London Ambulance paramedic daughter consider to be the one they will most likely find? I'll ask her and get back to you. Thanks. I'm thinking a locket on short necklace, as if I'm found catatonic they'll be looking for a pulse and the neck is the quickest and easiest place to look. Well it's a theory... I would be surprised if they didn't check every place that people normally carry medical alert information - neck, wrist and wallet. -- Colin Bignell |
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On 26/02/2015 22:29, Roger Mills wrote:
On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote: On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? I thought the acronym was now widely known. We had an initiative round here where teenagers went around programming them into grannies phones. In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain Indeed. Not sure how that would work with a password-protected phone though. When my phone goes to sleep, it can receive incoming calls or make emergency calls - but that's all. Everything else needs a PIN to be input to wake it up. I doubt whether the network operators would regard ringing a number marked "ICE" as an emergency call. That is an interesting point if the owner is out of it. I wonder if smart phone makers could be persuaded to add an optional single ICE call button to the unlock screen so that someone other than the presumably incapacitated owner can make an emergency call! Only other way I can think of it to design a custom screen saver that says please ring this number if you find me in trouble. I got my mum a dumb phone with an emergency call button on it, but the stupid thing would only let me enter a 3 digit emergency number :( She can remember 999 without any help from her phone. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:21:54 +0000, Bill wrote:
My phone an iPhone 5, and most smart phones, will let you display an opening screen before needing any password. Yep mine has "owner information". I guess the owners of best phones have to be spoon fed that the information there is free form. I just made up an image with my various contact details on it so that any one attempting to use it sees them. You could add quite a bit of text to give medical info too. An extension to the owner info which actually isn't big enough to hold all the information I want to put in it. Good tip. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:27:48 +1100, john james wrote:
Any decent smartphone does Medical ID now and the paramedics know that. How much space and how restricted (free form/field based, what fields) is this Medical ID information? Not that I'm going to change my phone just for this. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:21:54 +0000, Bill wrote: My phone an iPhone 5, and most smart phones, will let you display an opening screen before needing any password. Yep mine has "owner information". I guess the owners of best phones have to be spoon fed that the information there is free form. I just made up an image with my various contact details on it so that any one attempting to use it sees them. You could add quite a bit of text to give medical info too. An extension to the owner info which actually isn't big enough to hold all the information I want to put in it. Good tip. Most phones are big enough to put a label on the back with all the starting details required. |
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"Martin Brown" wrote in message ... On 26/02/2015 22:29, Roger Mills wrote: On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote: On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? I thought the acronym was now widely known. We had an initiative round here where teenagers went around programming them into grannies phones. In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain Indeed. Not sure how that would work with a password-protected phone though. When my phone goes to sleep, it can receive incoming calls or make emergency calls - but that's all. Everything else needs a PIN to be input to wake it up. I doubt whether the network operators would regard ringing a number marked "ICE" as an emergency call. That is an interesting point if the owner is out of it. Not really, anyone who finds that person in that situation should be calling 911 first and doing that on their own phone usually. I wonder if smart phone makers could be persuaded to add an optional single ICE call button to the unlock screen so that someone other than the presumably incapacitated owner can make an emergency call! They can do that to 911 on almost all phones. Only other way I can think of it to design a custom screen saver that says please ring this number if you find me in trouble. That is only going to be useful in the situation where there is something that someone other than the official first responders can do instead of them. That is certainly true of people who have just got lost and are so bad that they can't just call a family member themselves, but the usual ICE system does allow anyone to call one of the ICE numbers on their own phone. I got my mum a dumb phone with an emergency call button on it, but the stupid thing would only let me enter a 3 digit emergency number :( Any system that handles the ICE system can do a lot better than that. She can remember 999 without any help from her phone. But wont necessarily be able to do that if the brown stuff has hit the fan and she is much worse than she normally is mentally. The ICE system does allow someone else to call who you specify. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message ll.co.uk... On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:27:48 +1100, john james wrote: Any decent smartphone does Medical ID now and the paramedics know that. How much space and how restricted (free form/field based, what fields) is this Medical ID information? Anything you like, fully swipeable to as many screens as you like. The only real consideration is that that info is available to anyone who steals or finds your phone. Not that I'm going to change my phone just for this. You likely won't have to unless the phone is a real dinosaur. That's available on all the reasonably recent androids and iphones that have been updated free. |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:45:27 +0000, Bob Henson wrote:
If you want to be "belt and braces" have a bracelet too, that being the usual pulse point that most non-medical people would look for. Maybe, though I suspecct most of the Great Unwashed haven't a clue about first aid. CF. Police man recently praised as a hero for saving babys life by simply removing babys tongue from its throat. Mother was screaming down the phone which is what attracted the attention of the PC. WTF didn't mother check air way and remove tongue when baby first got into difficulty. Why did she leave baby whilst it was having a fit? OK there's basically SFA you can do about someone in a fit but you can try and stop them hurting themselves, remove tongue from throat if they swallow it, prevent them drowing in their own vomit and put them into the recovery position once the fit has subsided. It's also a good idea to be around when they regain conciousness as they may well be very confused and not have a clue as to what has happened. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:50:11 +0000, Fredxxx wrote:
... it may be worth having that engraved too so someone can force feed you a mars bar in an emergency. You really ought to try and assertain if the diabetic is hyper- or hypo- glycemic before you shove sugar into them. Giving a hyper-glycemic diabetic sugar is considered less dangerous that not giving sugar to a hypo-glycemic diabetic. True enough but I didn't say don't give sugar I said try and find out which extreme they are at. The chances are it is hypo- and that condition is more dangerous than hyper-. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Rod Speed wrote: Not really, anyone who finds that person in that situation should be calling 911 first and doing that on their own phone usually. UK.diy. UK. This is the UK D.I.Y. usenet group. I'm only replying to this in-case some idiot follows your "advice" and thinks you can actually dial 911 here. You can't. We have some towns here where some local 7-digit numbers start 911 - e.g. Bristol 0117 911 xxxx. 911 is not an emergency number in the UK. Never has been, never will be. The pan-european emergency number is 112. Or 999 if you're in the UK where 112 also works. Gordon |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:54:36 +0000, Bob Henson wrote:
MedicAlert is perhaps the best service. Bit technological, requires phone line/mobile service. Very patchy 2G coverage around here... Bits of paper just work and the information is just there without having to call a number, give code, have information dictated and written down by caller. Small bit of paper can get lost though. I do like the lock screen image idea. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:47:00 +1100, john james wrote:
Not that I'm going to change my phone just for this. You likely won't have to unless the phone is a real dinosaur. Is a Samsung Galaxy SIII mini "a real dinosaur"? I'm also assuming this is built into the OS rather than a lock screen app. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 27 Feb 2015 10:40:19 GMT, Huge wrote:
How much space and how restricted (free form/field based, what fields) is this Medical ID information? Isn't a card in your wallet a lot easier and more reliable? I don't always have my wallet or phone with me. Hence investigating lockets, I don't think I'd get on with a loose bracelet and I've not worn a watch for the best part of 25 years... -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:30:26 +0000, Capitol wrote:
Most phones are big enough to put a label on the back with all the starting details required. Needs to be easily updateable. Something on the outside of the case would have to be fairly robust. Inside the screen flap could work, if a label could be found that was water resistant (I work outside) and peeled away cleanly. But I don't always have my phone. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 27/02/2015 09:59, Martin Brown wrote:
On 26/02/2015 22:29, Roger Mills wrote: On 26/02/2015 22:16, wrote: On Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:07:02 UTC, JimK wrote: /Also worth having ICE numbers set up in your mobile phone./q In Car Entertainment ? I thought the acronym was now widely known. We had an initiative round here where teenagers went around programming them into grannies phones. In Case of Emergency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency Owain Indeed. Not sure how that would work with a password-protected phone though. When my phone goes to sleep, it can receive incoming calls or make emergency calls - but that's all. Everything else needs a PIN to be input to wake it up. I doubt whether the network operators would regard ringing a number marked "ICE" as an emergency call. That is an interesting point if the owner is out of it. I wonder if smart phone makers could be persuaded to add an optional single ICE call button to the unlock screen so that someone other than the presumably incapacitated owner can make an emergency call! My phone (Android 4.4.4, Sony Xperia Z1) shows an ICE button on the lock screen, that opens the ICE contact, showing photo of ICE contact, and telephone number, email and address details. It will also allow the calling of the ICE contact from a locked handset. |
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On 27/02/2015 10:40, Huge wrote:
On 2015-02-27, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:27:48 +1100, john james wrote: Any decent smartphone does Medical ID now and the paramedics know that. How much space and how restricted (free form/field based, what fields) is this Medical ID information? Isn't a card in your wallet a lot easier and more reliable? That is where I keep a laminated card with my medications listed and another with information about my heart valve replacement. As the wallet is of a type that attaches to my belt and tucks inside the trouser waistband, the only time I won't have my wallet on me is when I have my trousers off. -- Colin Bignell |
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On 2/27/2015 5:11 AM, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:21:54 +0000, Bill wrote: My phone an iPhone 5, and most smart phones, will let you display an opening screen before needing any password. Yep mine has "owner information". I guess the owners of best phones have to be spoon fed that the information there is free form. I just made up an image with my various contact details on it so that any one attempting to use it sees them. You could add quite a bit of text to give medical info too. An extension to the owner info which actually isn't big enough to hold all the information I want to put in it. Good tip. For android phones, this app may be useful - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004T4DMP8/ref=mas_ya_dp |
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On 27/02/2015 10:47, john james wrote:
.... You likely won't have to unless the phone is a real dinosaur.... That just about describes the phone my partner has. OTOH, so is the tariff she is on: originally offered by BT if you paid full price for the phone it has no monthly charges and 60 minutes a month free calls. -- Colin Bignell |
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