Article by DJ Heckes

Now you can give emergency medical personnel instant access to every bit of medical history you want them to know by using a medical ID from Alert Medical Tags (AMT), headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Previously you could wear a medical ID bracelet or ID necklace to tell hospital staff or paramedics your medical condition and perhaps your allergy to a particular class of medicines. Doing this can be lifesaving. An Alert Medical Tags ID, however, allows medical help to scan your personal customized 2D barcode (mobile tag) with a web-connected smartphone and have instant access to all your medical conditions plus any allergies plus a list of all prescription and non-prescription medicines that you take. They can see whom to contact “in case of emergency” (ICE information), a list of your doctors with their contact information, and much more. Of course, your high-tech medical ID also displays your primary medical condition.

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