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MedicAlert
Becoming a member of MedicAlert lets you live life safe in the knowledge that you’ll be protected in an emergency
As a MedicAlert member, you wear a bracelet or Necklet (known as an Emblem) engraved with a personal identification number, main medical condition(s) and an emergency telephone number.
Each tailor-made Emblem bears the internationally recognised symbol of the medical profession. You are also provided with a personalised wallet card.
In an emergency, medical personnel have immediate access to vital information on the back of the MedicAlert disc. By phoning the emergency number, they can also gain further medical and personal information such as your name and address, doctor’s details, current drug therapy and next of kin. A translation service is available in over 100 languages.
It is estimated that 1 in 4 Britons has a long term medical condition controlled by medication and other therapies and millions of people suffer from allergies. People who benefit from the peace of mind and protection of MedicAlert's potentially life-saving service include:
- Anyone with a hidden medical condition, such as diabetes, epilepsy or Alzheimers.
- People who have allergies to medication or food.
- Patients who have had any type of implant.
- Those taking regular medication.
- People who would like blood group to be recorded.
- People who want to record the details of a living will or wish to be an organ donor.
- Anyone who simply wants someone else to know if they have been involved in an emergency.
For the last 40 years Lions Clubs International and MedicAlert have been working together to give people the protection needed to live life to the full. The MedicAlert Foundation is a registered charity that provides a life-saving identification system for people with hidden medical conditions and allergies.
Today MedicAlert is a non-profit making, registered charity that works independently with the invaluable support of Lions.
Lions support MedicAlert by distributing leaflets and posters to doctor’s surgeries, pharmacies and hospital waiting rooms as well as actively promoting the organisation within the community and where possible provide people on limited income with sponsored membership.
