Originally Posted by
Dave Cutter
There is a bunch of useful help with a smart phone. Even OP's VA records can be download to a phone (
https://www.myhealth.va.gov/index.html).
I make my own smartphone lock screen (but might consider disabling it). On my lock screen I have my name and address along with my I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) contact info. I also keep that info in the phone provided area... but not everyone knows how to access that. But everyone can read a lock screen.
I used an image I took off my phone while using a rotary dial app I have. Here is a "sorta sample"... I think it make a interesting and humorous lock screen
And to make even simpler... I photocopied my DL and health Ins card on one sheet (folded so its DL on one side Ins card on the other side). I wrote contact info in the margins... then laminated it. I keep that in a Ziploc baggie with my phone and a few bucks.
On topic of phone IDs.. at least specifically for iPhones (not sure if android provides similar), I recommend anyone with an iphone to use the Apple Health app that comes by default on any newish phones to create a Medical ID page that is accessible from the lock screen without requiring unlocking the phone first (touching the "Emergency" link in bottom left of the lock screen). It's pretty much a no-brainer.
