ICE.....please read this it could help you.

[Magpi 47]

Earlier this week hubby and I were unfortunate enough to be involved in a 'sudden death at home'......this can be a harrowing experience for the people who find someone who has died at home....it can also be made much harder by the fact that you have to start searching for information about who to phone.
I would ask you, if you have elderly neighbours, or relatives...that they compile a list of people to contact In Case of Emergency......next of Kin phone numbers....GP's phone number etc......these numbers are just as important if you find someone who is taken ill at home and cannot respond to questions.

The ICE information(in case of emergency) can be stuck to the front of the fridge door.

[bernie]

What a good idea, it would be a great help to anyone called to the house or who finds themselves in that situation.

[Magpi 47]

It isn't a new idea, and I can't take the credit for thinking it up.....it was on Accyweb a few months ago...but it related to putting ICE numbers on your mobile phone.......but lots of elderly folk don't have mobile phones....but you still need to know who to contact in the case of emergency......so these numbers should be on a card in their purse/wallet.......and at home they should be on the fridge door.
Please spread the word. Thankyou.

[Mercury]

Originally Posted by Magpi 47

It isn't a new idea, and I can't take the credit for thinking it up.....it was on Accyweb a few months ago...but it related to putting ICE numbers on your mobile phone.......but lots of elderly folk don't have mobile phones....but you still need to know who to contact in the case of emergency......so these numbers should be on a card in their purse/wallet.......and at home they should be on the fridge door.
Please spread the word. Thankyou.

The local Lions group, both in York and here in Marske have dished out 'message in a bottles' to the local chemists and GP surgeries for anyone to pick up, free of charge. Basically, they are white tubs with paper in, and you write all your details on ie name, DOB, NOK, any medical problems you have, any allergies, your GP's name and address, what (if any) meds you are on. And, also if you have young children if they are at school, what school they go to, in case some one needs to be contacted to pick the kiddies up.
They are a good idea, as if you collapse in the street, someone will be able to know what to do and who to contact. You can also keep them in the fridge, and you get a couple of stickers to put in the front of yor door.
Quite a good idea in a way.

[Magpi 47]

I think that this has been on TV here too.......and while they are good in the home, I think every older person should have the same kind of thing on a card in their purse or wallet....in case something happens when they are out and about.
It is quite scary to be in the position of finding someone unresponsive, and not having any information.

[Mercury]

Originally Posted by Magpi 47

I think that this has been on TV here too.......and while they are good in the home, I think every older person should have the same kind of thing on a card in their purse or wallet....in case something happens when they are out and about.
It is quite scary to be in the position of finding someone unresponsive, and not having any information.

Yes, I do agree that people need to carry something in their purse/wallet/bag.
And, personally, I think it should be for everyone, as any of us could just collapse in the middle of the street. Lets be honest, if you saw a younger person acting like they were drunk,then collapsing would you assume they were in fact drunk/high on drugs or a diabetic having an hypo/hyper?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Mercury

Yes, I do agree that people need to carry something in their purse/wallet/bag.
And, personally, I think it should be for everyone, as any of us could just collapse in the middle of the street. Lets be honest, if you saw a younger person acting like they were drunk,then collapsing would you assume they were in fact drunk/high on drugs or a diabetic having an hypo/hyper?

I agree Mercury, I also think that most people carry A mobile Phone these days, I do even though I don't go out much especially in winter, but I have all my medical details stored on it accessable from my start up screen

[shillelagh]

I already do this. Have ICE on my mobile phone with my families phone numbers on labelled ice1, ice2, ice3 etc. Have also an SOS Talisman round my neck always. In all the times though ive been ill outside the ambulancemen have never opened the necklace!!! Mind you i always come round and give them the details then.

[Magpi 47]

Glad to hear that you Jaysay, and you Jen are well prepared...spread the message.
There are however, a lot of elderly folk who don't use mobiles...My Ma is one of them and most of the pesioners that we shop for do not have them....though to be honest, these folk rarely go out.........that is why I thought that the information could be on the outside of the fridge door...under one of the fridge magnets that these folk seem to collect.
It isn't nice to have to rummage through folks drawers at a time when you are under some stress.

[Mercury]

Originally Posted by Magpi 47

Glad to hear that you Jaysay, and you Jen are well prepared...spread the message.
There are however, a lot of elderly folk who don't use mobiles...My Ma is one of them and most of the pesioners that we shop for do not have them....though to be honest, these folk rarely go out.........that is why I thought that the information could be on the outside of the fridge door...under one of the fridge magnets that these folk seem to collect.
It isn't nice to have to rummage through folks drawers at a time when you are under some stress.

I do agree that the elderly need to have some details written down in an accesible place just in the event of anything happening, even if it was on the fridge or by their phone, (landline) if they have one. I got my father in law one of the things I mentioned, a few years ago, for some reason, York was doing it, then where I am living now, have just introduced them. He thought they were a great idea, and put his mind at rest if he became ill at home and the warden needed to get his details, they were in the fridge, and a sticker on his front door makes you aware that he has his details in the fridge! I guess it doesnt matter what you have, as long as people are aware of any conditions you have, important numbers and any meds you are on.

[forceten]

Good idea. I knew about the Ice for the mobile, but never thought about the fridge.

I recently had to call my Nans Gp out, and ended up having to email my Dad in Cyprus for the name of her GP, He came back within minutes with the name and the telephone number, thank God for modern technology!!

[Magpi 47]

Yes modern technology is a god send at times of stress....a good link between families separated by distance...so many of us in this day and age.
Gone are the days when extended families all lived in one street.

[WillowTheWhisp]

What an excellent idea. I've got the ICE on my mobile and a little card in my purse with my husband's phone number on but the details of doctors and such like somewhere handy in the house I have never thought of.