Medical Alarm Tag

Medical alarm tags provide essential, life saving information to medical staff and the police in an emergency. They can be worn around the neck as a necklace or around the wrist as a bracelet. They are recognized by all medical professionals and health organizations all over the World who can see their benefits.

Medical alarm tags are not a new invention. They have been around for many years and the first medical alert bracelets and necklaces were pretty basic designs that provided information engraved on the back alerting the emergency services should you be diabetic, have allergies to some forms of medication and a telephone number of the next of kin. The problem with these types of medical alarm tags were that space was limited on the back so there was only so much information you could engrave which was far from ideal.

This was an obvious flaw in an otherwise sound and practical business idea. The later models provided a slight change to the basic tag design. They included a small capsule where the wearer could write more information in either pen or pencil on a specially printed piece of paper. This paper was either folded to fit into a clasp pendent or is was rolled up to fit into a small capsule. This was a good idea because there was more information that could be added such as blood group, if you was a doner of any kind and the name and contact details of your local doctor. You could also add more health information such as the wearing of a pacemaker or contact lenses. More additional contact information could be added such as next of kin with telephone numbers and even addresses.

The modern day medical alarm tags have progressed even further. Nowadays there are GPS types so you can be located by satellite to within a few meters. The information held on modern designs is all digital, this ensures that there are no limits to the information you can add. They can also double as a reminder so that an alarm will sound when you need to take your next dose of prescribed drug.

You can also buy the new USB medical alarm tags that can be inserted into any computer so the emergency personnel can immediately see all the relevant information at a click of a mouse. The modern day designs are testimony to the fact that medical alarm tags still work as effectively today as they have always done.