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Medic Alert bracelets

Max will need a medic alert bracelet since he will be starting steroids soon. Does anyone have a vendor they can recommend that sells child-friendly styles and small sizes? Any other info I need to know? Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Lori Ware on May 16, 2011 at 11:51am

We got Seph's at: MEDICAL ID STORE Keep in mind you need this not only for steroids, but also since our boys should not have inhaled anesthesia....(thats a DMD thing...not a steorid thing). Good luck on the steroid

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Permalink Reply by Veronica E. on May 16, 2011 at 12:02pm

Lori, can you tell me what Seph's says exactly? I know there are limits on the number of characters they can include ... Thanks for the info!

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Paschal on May 16, 2011 at 12:36pm

We got Sam's from http://fiddledeeids.com

His is just a plain metal chain one, but they have many other designs. You can also have each side of the tag engraves. Ours has 7 or 8 lines of text so we could get lots of info on it.

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Permalink Reply by Liisa Underwood on May 16, 2011 at 2:55pm

I got ours through mhause.org since there is the Malignant Hyperthermia issue and gets him registered with this group. Connor also has medication allergies, so it is a lot to put on one bracelet. http://www.laurenshope.com/category/128/boys-medical-alert-ids I like this one too.

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Permalink Reply by Lori Ware on May 16, 2011 at 4:12pm

I will have to look at it tonight and tell you.

Veronica E. said:

Lori, can you tell me what Seph's says exactly? I know there are limits on the number of characters they can include ... Thanks for the info!

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Permalink Reply by CVita on May 17, 2011 at 10:39am

We got ours from www.idtags.biz. For the anesthesia ours reads "NO succinylcholine or inhalational anesthetics. Susceptible to Malignant Hyperthermia."

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Permalink Reply by Lori Ware on May 17, 2011 at 10:42am

I forgot to look!! so sorry! But, the one below for Malignant Hyperthermia is right. I also have my cell # on the tag and the name and hospital for Dr. Wong (that who we see for DMD). Ours you can write on front and back...so we did....

Lori Ware said:

I will have to look at it tonight and tell you.

Veronica E. said:
Lori, can you tell me what Seph's says exactly? I know there are limits on the number of characters they can include ... Thanks for the info!I for

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Permalink Reply by Kira Mullaly on June 24, 2011 at 10:47am

Does anyone have DMD listed on the medical alert bracelet? I also am trying to find a bracelet and what exactly to write (he's not on steriods yet but will be in January). Connor also has Dr. Wong. Should we put her contact info on there too?

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Permalink Reply by Veronica E. on June 24, 2011 at 11:15am

Here's what Andrea in Dr. Wong's office said when I e-mailed her about verbiage:

"I would have the diagnosis placed on the bracelet and that child is taking steroids, and add child should not have inhaled anesthesia agents. If you would like to place a phone number you could use 1 -513-803-3000-neuromuscular center."

I am going to be more specific about anasthesia and use the verbiage cvita uses (thanks!), and include my cell number and Dr. Wong's name and number.

Thanks for all the ideas, guys! Now I need to get busy and place the order!

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Permalink Reply by Veronica E. on June 30, 2011 at 2:14pm

One more question: Did you guys go with bracelets or necklaces? I'm trying to decide which option Max would tolerate better, the necklace (which I think he might forget about more easily) or the bracelet.

One company I talked to said they recommended the waterproof style bracelet for little ones (a velcro bracelet with paper inserts you just write on) since the tag itself takes up a lot of bracelet room. It seems to me that a permanent engraved message would be preferable. Opinions?

Thanks again for your help, everyone!

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Permalink Reply by Kira Mullaly on June 30, 2011 at 2:23pm

I personally did a braclet for my 3 1/2 year old from fiddledeeids (it's metal) and less than $20 with shipping with 4 lines on the front and 5 on the back. Since he can't do the clasp and he can do the velcro, I thought there was a better chance for it staying on. I was just imagining him playing with velcro more than a metal bracket that he can't undo. :)

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Permalink Reply by Leeandra Arhdeacon on June 30, 2011 at 4:23pm

My friends husband is a paramedic and he told us NOT to use a necklace. Only the braclet, when its an emergency that is the first place they look. You dont want them second guessing or thinking its just a necklace. It must stand out as a medic braclet. I was also told that by a medic at the fire station.