Being Prepared for Medical Emergencies
What would you do in the event that a member of your family, or a neighbour or workmate, suddenly experiences a medical emergency and has to be rushed to hospital? Are you prepared for the worst?
You may need to provide paramedics and doctors with important health information. This may include details of medication that is being used and medical conditions like Asthma or diabetes. You may also note medication that is being used, recent illnesses and injuries along with vaccination details.
We tend to think that, if the worst should happen, all we need to do is call the emergency services. They will always have a ton of questions that need to be answered and you should really be prepared 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.
The contents of these documents are usually best defined by the person concerned. When writing them they should assume that they are unconscious and unable to communicate with the doctors and nurses. It is worth considering what sort of information they would benefit from knowing under these circumstances?
Print hard copies of your families emergency documents and keep them in a safe location. Always keep the documents up to date with the latest relevant medical information. Take the documents with you when you go to the emergency room but hand on to the originals. Your Emergency documents can save you a lot of time repeating the same information over and over again.
Emergency documents can be particularly useful when travelling. Think of the document as an addition to your travel insurance policy. Producing these useful documents will take only a few short minutes but could potentially 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.
