I have a medic alert bracelet and have written on there Addison's
require i/m hydrocortisone and my ID no.


basically i would say you can have written what you want but it needs
to let a parmedic know what to do - either what to inject you with in
an emergency or what number to call to get your details to know what
to do

marcus


--- In addisonsdisease@yahoogroups.com, Deborah Walsh
<debwalsh51@y...> wrote:
>
> I wonder if those of you on the list who wear alert
> bracelets or tags could tell me what the wording of your
> alert is.
>
> Our sixteen year old son was recently diagnosed with
> primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's Disease) and I've
> gotten several conflicting suggestions about alert
> information.
>
> His endocrinologist indicated he should have a bracelet
> that says he has Addison's, with no recommendations about
> what to do. When I talked to two separate paramedic units
> in the area about what that would mean to them if he were
> found unconscious after an auto accident or whatever, they
> all sort of scratched their collective heads and said they
> wouldn't know what to do. I asked if the alert should
> direct that he be given emergency cortisol (we have
> purchased injectible cortisol and syringes) but they said
> that as a rule, they wouldn't have that on their emergency
> vehicles, and if he had the injectible equipment on him,
> legally, they wouldn't be able to administer it anyway.
>
> Yikes - I got to wondering why anyone would bother trying
> to alert anyone under these circumstances! What do the
> rest of you think?
>
> I've done a great deal of self-educating about Addison's to
> help our son cope with this, and because I know so much
> about it now I've kind of lost touch with the fact that
> most people don't know what adrenal insufficienty is, have
> never heard of Addison's Disease, and wouldn't know what do
> to in an emergency.
>
> This is certainly not a comforting thought.
>
> Thanks in advance for any imput provided.
>
> Debbie Walsh
> debwalsh51@y...
>
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