LPH, what if you needed someone from your family to speak for you?

I guess that's my feeling about it all. That and courtesy to loved ones. I worked in an emergency room way back when and my feeling is a trauma hospital won't turn anyone away and if it's something long lasting, they'd figure out who you were before they'd deny you.

I don't always wear my Road ID. I really tend to think nothing will happen though when I was going through some cardiologist testing and they weren't sure if I had a problem or not, I did wear it. I could only imagine if DH went out for a short ride (or run, in my case) and didn't show up when I thought he would. I know he'd get proper medical care no matter what they thought about insurance but I would want to be notified immediately.

Maybe I've seen too many episodes of Six Feet Under but I think the most tragic thing is for something life threatening or fatal to happen and the next of kin to have no idea. Either that or the people handling the trauma case have no idea who the person is. I know one day (I'm rambling, granted) I was talking to DH as he was on his way home from work. I had to go and said I'd call in an hour or so. When I did, he didn't answer the phone. Turns out, he fell asleep on the couch. I had to be at work for five hours thinking, hmmm, it's EARLY. Did he make it home? Did something happen at home? Did he get in a car accident?

I know I'm easily worried but I don't think I obsess over it. If something were to happen to my parents or a family member, I'd want to know. I would hope that if something happened to me, the above-mentioned people would want to know. This is, of course, is in the worst case scenario.