Emergency Identification System™
- the life it saves could be your
own!™
Why have
flashID?
The Medical Profession has recognised
for some time the importance of emergency identification schemes. Indeed this
was the subject of a paper published in the Emergency Medicine Journal, a
publication of the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine.
In their paper Sister L Morton, of the
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at London’s Hammersmith Hospital, and
others stated, “Millions of people worldwide may have a hidden medical condition
that could endanger their life in an emergency."
Sr Morton went on to state that such
schemes alert health care professionals to potential problems and can ensure
appropriate and prompt treatment.
To read the full article click on the box above
But it is not only those with hidden medical conditions and allergies
that can benefit from prompt and accurate identification. Anybody who
becomes incapacitated through illness or trauma can be identified
quickly and positively by use of this new, simple, inexpensive and
reliable emergency identification device that has been developed in
Australia and, we are proud to say, is a world first.
There are regularly news stories of
people of all ages who are injured, but unable to receive appropriate treatment,
either because they cannot be identified, or because key medical information -
such as allergies, pre-existing conditions and present medications, to name just
three.
Recently there was the case of a
Melbourne football fan who was hit by a train and could not be identified for
days. For details click
here or
here for the follow-up.
Another was the story of a man in England mistakenly declared dead when he had
actually been committed to an institution without anybody knowing his true
identity. Click
here for full story.
And if Cornelia Rau had been able to be correctly identified...
It couldn't happen to me
Of course not, but why not take a look at the video below?
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