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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 12:14 pm
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Originally Posted by barnburner
I am a firefighter/paramedic, so I'll answer that for you. I cant say that I have ever looked or saw anyone look at a pt's phone for this info. Not for what I think you guys are talking about anyways, which I assume would be some sort of tramatic injury leaving you unable to communicate. We have made a bunch of calls for an elderly person living alone, looking for a person who makes medical decisions, or could convince them to go to the hospital, ect.
The bracelete looks nice, and I am sure we'd notice something like that assuming your arm was still attached . We look for the med alert braceletes worn typically by diabetics, so even a dumb fireman might find that.
The hospital starts digging in pockets a lot more than we do looking for that kind of stuff. They usually start with the wallet (prob looking for ins info) so thats where I would keep something like this...
There was a thread (perhaps in Travelbuzz or OMNI) & another EMT said the same thing, that they're too busy worrying about the patient to look through cell phone for ICE.

While I have it programmed into my cell (hey, can't hurt), I also have a card in my wallet & also taped to the back of my DL) that says in case of emergency, contact this person & their info.

Cheers.
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