New and improved MedicAlert bracelets and necklaces
Online posting: May 29, 1996
Published in print: Aug. 1, 1996 (CMAJ 1996;155:277)
The Canadian MedicAlert Foundation wishes to inform Canadian
medical professionals that we have changed the design of our
primary products for members: our customized bracelets and
necklaces.
After May 1, 1996, members of the foundation will receive
newly designed, Canadian-made bracelets and necklaces embossed
with the MedicAlert name and the widely recognized medical symbol
of the caduceus; however, the new items do not have the
traditional red lettering. Although existing members will
continue to wear bracelets and necklaces with the red lettering,
all new recipients will receive the new, embossed products.
Our members depend on physicians and first responders to check
routinely for a MedicAlert bracelet or necklace before treating
or diagnosing a patient. It is therefore important that the new
embossed design is recognized as a genuine MedicAlert product.
The bracelets and necklaces are still custom engraved with the
member’s vital medical information, personal member
identification number and a toll-free hotline number that
physicians can call to obtain detailed medical data and emergency
contact information.
In emergencies the information engraved on a MedicAlert
bracelet or necklace can play a critical role in a member’s
treatment and survival. When minutes can count, MedicAlert is the
fastest, most reliable method of getting important medical
information to physicians, paramedics and other first responders.
For more information on the Canadian MedicAlert Foundation,
please contact Ileana Ciurea, coordinator of education, tel. 416
696-0142 or 800 668-1507, x237.
Shelagh Tippet-Fagyas
President
Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
Don Mills, Ont.
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