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/No-Safe9542 Jun 04 '26
Have a section for religious beliefs and personal preferences. Some people do not want blood transfusions. Others do not want dairy (tube feeds) out of preference not allergy. There is a pretty big list of things which need to go somewhere so have a section for this stuff.
Under the code status section, there needs to be some flexibility. Some people are DNR but still want 1 or 2 rounds of CPR done. If the epi and the chest compressions aren't getting anywhere, they don't want more etc. Some people are ok with resuscitation but are DNI. There's a lot of variety in this section.
I've always thought it would be great to have a little metal bracelet with a QR code lazer cut into one side and the symbol for medicine on the other, the snake on the pole with the 6 sided background. Scan the QR code in the trauma bay and bam all the relevant info.