Quote Originally Posted by Melody
Andi, take a look at MedicAlert (http://www.medicalert.com/)....

On the back of the bracelet, it has my major conditions I have now or that can affect treatment (diabetes, hypertension and stroke). There is also a toll free phone number and your MedicAlert ID number. By calling that phone number and giving the operator (staffed 24 hours a day) your MedicAlert ID the EMT/hospital can get your doctor's info, medication, etc.
Melody has some really good points here. I'm one of the people without medical conditions (or medication) that require the type of support that MedicAlert supplies, but I do have a lot of information on my RoadID. I use both sides of the id so that I can have health-related information available as well as emergency contact info. So although there is less relevant information than in Melody's case, it's all on me.

It seems - based on the entries in this thread - that many folks are carrying emergency contact info and health insurance info but are leaving out other important information that emergency health care personnel want to have (like your age, the fact that you do or don't have allergies, perhaps your doctor's name & phone number).

In addition, I don't believe that stashing this type of information in a seat bag is a good idea - much better to have it on your person. Why? Well when I had my accident back in 2004, the seat bag stayed attached to the bike, and the bike went to the State Police office. It didn't stay with me. If my id had been in the seat bag, would the EMT's have gone rummaging there to find it? I don't know.

OK, I'll try to get off of my soapbox now. Thanks for listening to something I feel very strongly about (you figured that out, didn't you?).

--- Denise