https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:32:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1296478 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:46:41 +0000 Faith 1296478@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi, Amy, I wear a bracelet regularly, my favorites are from Lauren's Hope (sorry no link, I'm on my phone), and I've found some at N-style ID as well. I heard that they should be worn on the left wrist as that is where a paramedic will check your pulse, but I have no idea if that's true! I hope you find something fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1295971 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 16:07:18 +0000 Freckles 1295971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I went to the Medic Alert website to get a link for you and found out that they have changed how they do things. &nbsp;Besides the cost of the item there is a five dollar per month charge for the lifetime of ownership. &nbsp;This is not at all how things used to be and I'm no longer a fan. &nbsp;I don't want to update doctor and medical records every time my prescription changes I want the basic medical info needed in an emergency (diabetes mellitus pump user and allergic to penicillin). &nbsp;They have also changed the look to make the item more fashionable. &nbsp;I'm of the mind that you shouldn't have to look for it, I like the &nbsp;old silver with red medic alert symbols and name on it. &nbsp;It's really obvious yes but when I'm unconscious in an emerg this is what speaks for me.<br />Really mad I lost mine in the Dublin airport now more than ever.<br />I think I'll go looking for a pendant now, get a medical symbol engraved on the front and the info on the back. &nbsp;The best info I can provide is to get something serviceable. &nbsp;You don't want the chain to break and you want to be able to wear it 24/7 otherwise it's useless.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1295683 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:09:51 +0000 lyn* 1295683@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I sure have seen inaccurate medical information!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1295660 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:27:59 +0000 minimalist 1295660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cait, thank you, I'd better get up to speed on U.S. legal requirements on this. How about a tattoo of the dated appropriate legalese? ;)</p> <p>Lyn*, have you seen inaccurate medical tattoos?!</p> <p>Freckles, thanks, I'll add a pendant to the mix. Where do you get yours? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1295517 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 17:14:19 +0000 lyn* 1295517@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would&nbsp;<i>not</i> go with an anklet. That is not somewhere that I think most docs would check, and it's not really somewhere that we look at as part of a primary survey (think head/neck/breathing stuff up top) ... arms are okay, because the nurses need those to run lines and stuff, so if you have a big bracelet, it will be noticeable.</p> <p>Yeah... I have see chest tattoos. Just make sure if you have a tattoo you have the right condition marked on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1295496 Sat, 05 Jul 2014 16:43:33 +0000 Freckles 1295496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the look of more fashionable medical jewellery but in the end I've always stayed with the Medic Alert. &nbsp;The bracelets are the best but they ruin my clothes (snag sweater cuffs, etc) so I go with the pendant worn under my clothes. &nbsp;They always strip you in the &nbsp;emerg anyway so it's quite visible...<br />I remember when I first started dating my husband and he had to take me to emerg. &nbsp;They stripped me right in the hall (before he had seen &nbsp;that much of me)&nbsp;and he was aghast. &nbsp;Now they can strip me in the waiting room and he doesn't blink an eye...lol.<br />Thanks for the reminder. &nbsp;I lost mine going through security in the Dublin airport last summer and haven't replaced it yet. &nbsp;Another pendant for sure.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1294902 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:00:49 +0000 Cait 1294902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amy K.: you can of course, engrave whatever you like on a bracelet- but please know that Emergency Personnel can't honor a DNR engraving (or even a tattoo!) without the dated, legal, documentation. </p> <p>Your best bet for allergy information is a necklace, or a bracelet significantly larger than other bracelets you are wearing. It's also handy to have an allergy card in your wallet/purse, but in an emergency, people probably won't check. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1294886 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:18:55 +0000 minimalist 1294886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Ornella!</p> <p>BF took issue with me including DNR on the inscription. </p> <p>Lyn*, any anklets? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1294649 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 07:57:37 +0000 Ornella 1294649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No help but bumping for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1294482 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 01:25:29 +0000 lyn* 1294482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've definitely seen the stack of bracelets with one being a medi-alert one; but in this case, the medi-alert was the only big thing out of the bunch that was a "hang tag", so it easily stood out.</p> <p>I've seen them as necklace pendants, as well...</p> <p>... no earrings, though </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1294474 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 01:10:01 +0000 jackiec 1294474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't, but it must be tough. I love to wear lots of layers of bracelets, so can totally see adding the medic-alert to that stack - or would that defeat the purpose? Do they have to be worn in isolation? I suppose that would make them easy to ID in emergency. Sorry no advice, but hopefully someone her can help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/medical-id-tags-bracelets#post-1294460 Fri, 04 Jul 2014 00:52:26 +0000 minimalist 1294460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anyone wear a medical ID? Or medical professionals encounter them on patients? Any tips on decent-looking tags, bracelets? </p> <p>IDtagsonline dot com (yes I went there) had ok service and good-enough materials, but I don't love the quality of their engraving. </p>