In my research I have come across this from time to time and my
conclusion is hopefully the people in the emergency room will look at
the bracelet, then look up what Addison's is and how to treat and
then do it. If you can't tell them--just hope they look at the dang
bracelet.

Chris in St. Louis



--- In addisonsdisease@yahoogroups.com, mjaspden <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> 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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