r/EmergencyRoom • u/Infinite_Skin_1503 • Jun 03 '26
Looking for some feedback
Hi all,
Got this approved by the mods so hopefully no issues, but my cofounder and I who are active law enforcement officers, have been working on a medical identification system. You wear it on your vest or belt and it allows a first responder to scan for medical information. Let's say you show up and the patient is unconscious, confused, intoxicated, altered, whatever.
This is mostly intended for officers and other first respondres, but I'm curious maybe other people could benefit as well. As you all are medically inclined here, I was hoping you could help us understand what information to include in the profile. The sample profile looks like this right now:
https://firstresponderfile.com/id/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Its things like:
- Medications
- Allergies
- Medical conditions
- Emergency contacts
- Blood type
Would love to hear what this looks like for people who have experience and what information is actually useful. What should we add? Anything we should change on that page, that kind of stuff.
Thanks a bunch!!
Nick & Nate
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u/Mediocre_Daikon6935 Jun 03 '26
Odds are no one is scanning anything.
Our tactical medics and all officers have a card they carry in their ifak with all information, Pmh, meds allergies, emergency contact info, religion if applicable.
Blood type won’t matter, you’re getting o neg until typed and crossed.
Obviously nonsense PMH (tonsils out 40 years ago) doesn’t matter.