Most nurses will tell you that when a patient comes in, they often have no way of knowing who they are or how to contact someone in their family.
But recently, a hospital employee named Julia Thompson has discovered something we may have all known about on our iPhone’s, but never put to use.
On our iPhones, there is a free app called Health. The icon looks like this:
Once you open the Health app, a menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen, and at the far-right is a Medical ID icon that you can press to enter any important medical information.
You can fill out categories such as Medical Conditions, Blood Type, Allergies & Reactions and Medications, or anything that might help an emergency responder treat you in an urgent situation.
Julia Thompson posted this on her Facebook page in September, and we really think it’s useful information that can help many people:
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[Featured Image Credit: Facebook- Julia Thompson]