Emergency ID

[Trek420]

I'll have to look into the interactive. I don't have allergies but I do live alone with a dog. My road id has my dog walkers numbers and Spazzdog's who also has my house key and more important the key to my mutts heart and THEY have my family info. Yeah, I know, pathetic.

But people keep *&^# changing numbers, moving, changing cell phone companies and every time they do I need new roadid.

[silver]

ha.. I dont know i kinda like that idea

teenagers!!!!!

*secretly likes the idea too*

[lph]

He also said that they never check cell phones for ICE because they could be bombs and you don't really know who is getting called.

V.

Well, I know I live in a safe country in the upper-end corner of nowhere... but a BOMB?

Wow.

[Mr. Bloom]

He also said that they never check cell phones for ICE because they could be bombs and you don't really know who is getting called.

WOW! There goes another great idea that is destroyed by a small number of very bad people!

[bmccasland]

If you have medical conditions - MedicAlert http://www.medicalert.org

Have been a member for years, got used when I was hauled to the ER after learning the hard way that I have a food allergy.

They have bracelets, necklaces, ankle bracelets. Medical professionals have access to the records you have with them - medical conditons, medications, your doctor's numbers, next of kin. There is an annual membership fee.

In my Bento box on my bike I keep a spare insurance card, my doc's office card, and somesort of ID - if I'm riding from the office I have my military ID card that I need to get back in the compound. Not exactly a phone number of next of kin, but then if *they* explored my phone - my mother's number is under "Mom". Trust me as a former EMT, exploration for ID can get rather brazen when the need arises, you just need to have the thing on your person somewhere.

[nafula]

Another good reason to carry ID:

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pb...8012/1001/NEWS

This guy didn't have any id, but somehow the cops were able to track him down by the serial number on his ipod.

I think I'll just keep my id on my instead.

[indigoiis]

You can get a pet ID and put anything on it from a vending machine outside of most major dept. stores (I'm thinking Wally world.) They're little aluminium tags. I think it's like $5. Then you can attach them to a bracelet or anklet or shoe or whatever. Good budget option.

[DeniseGoldberg]

So I asked my brother, who is Chief of Rescue in our home town in Maine what was best, a necklace or a bracelet, or another shoe one.

He said either a necklace or bracelet was good. But that a tattoo on my belly was the best thing.

I've been wearing the necklace style RoadID when I'm riding for a while now. But on my last trip, I caught myself in the middle of the day without my id. It was on my bike (in my wallet), but that's just not good enough. So I picked up a bracelet ID, figuring that while I'm not willing to sleep with an id around my neck, I am willing to wear the bracelet ID full-time - so when I'm traveling I won't forget to wear it.

Funny, but that forgetting thing doesn't seem to happen when I'm home.

Of course I bought it before the new interactive ID was available. Next time...

--- Denise

[roadie gal]

I have the sports band style MedicAlert tag. It's a nylon band with the MedicAlert metal tag attached to it. It's more comfortable to me than wearing the full metal bracelet.

It looks like the RoadId works a lot like the MedicAlert tag- you call a number and get the full info.

I work in an ER and I highly recommend something like that. Also, always carry some ID with your picture and name on it.

[smilingcat]

When I first got my RoadID, I would forget to wear them on occasion. My solution was to wrap the bracelet around the handle bar so that I wouldn't forget. Ready to ride? The ID is on the handle bar so I put it on. After the ride, I put it back on the handle bar above the brake leve so it wouldn't slide off. I tend to misplace things so this is a good way of reminding myself.

And if I were to have multiple bikes, I would probably just go ahead and get multiple bracelets one for each bike. Having been in two major major wrecks, I can't say enough about having an ID with you.

On my first wreck, I was conscious so I could tell EMT who I was... but the information was on my bike. Bike and I were separated and they never bothered to check for information on/in my bike. It took me like two weeks to locate my bike and retrieve it. GRRR!!!

On my second wreck, where I have absolutely no memory, one of the guys I was riding with, LUCKLY remembered my home number... Again, no one bothered to check for information on my bike.

So from both experiences, I would REALLY/HIGHLY recommend that you wear your information rather than just stowing it on your bike!!

smilingcat

[Eden]

Got the dog microchipped, can I do that to the kid?

ummmm actually there are pilot programs being tested right now with chipping humans with their medical records.........

[BadgerGirl]

Got the dog microchipped, can I do that to the kid?

He he, actually, you can get the kid microchipped. There are a few companies that do it!

[Trek420]

ummmm actually there are pilot programs being tested right now with chipping humans with their medical records.........

But there's also evidence that the radiation from the chips can cause cancer. I don't want my medical records chipped, I just wish I did not have to fill out my entire medical lifes history at each new doctors office. Why don't they have it on file?

[chickwhorips]

I have the ankle Road ID and I like it. It is really comfortable. I don't leave home without it!

Speaking of chips.... I need to get Peanut's info updated, it still says we live in Arizona.

[Eden]

Yeah I saw that article about possible cancers from chipping - but the study sounded a bit thin, plus there is no evidence from all of the pets being chipped that there is any large incidence of tumors at the chipping sites.
Neverthelesss.... I certainly don't plan to run out and have myself microchipped at any time, it seems a bit intrusive to me.

(also the chips in your pet and the ones they are testing on humans, I believe, are passive so they aren't putting out RF signals unless they are being scanned. I think the incidence of tumors in the study may have been more related to the chip being a foreign body)