Now, with all this discussion, I am starting to think of getting one too. I have an expired passport card in my handlebar bag with my trail pass. Expired because that is just as good as new for telling them whom I am with a photo that is now over 10 years old.
I would get a cheap tag type one to go either on wrist or around neck. Probably:
.- Name with middle initial. I do not use the initial day to day, but it is on my records so it is a verification item for identity.
- Birthdate. When I go to my Dr office or anyone else on a medical visit, they always ask birthdate to confirm whom I am, there might be someone else in the community with the same name but I doubt that. There are different common ways to abbreviate dates in different countries, I would say Dec instead of using the number for month and all four digits for year.
- Phone number for in case of emergency. I would probably specify USA with the phone number in case I was in another country. Using a country code number for phone could be confusing, so I would just use the acronym USA.
I have no allergies to meds and no severe allergies. And if I skipped my prescription meds for a few days, nothing bad will happen to me. Meds change over time so I would leave that off. I have diabetes but none of my meds would cause me to go low on blood sugar, so I would leave that off the list. I would not want them to see the word diabetes and fill me full of sugars like they might for someone found unconscious from an insulin overdose, that won't happen to me.
I live in Madison WI. Epic is one of the big medical information computer companies, and they are located about 10 miles from my home, I am sure all medical providers in south Wisconsin use their software. With name and birthdate, they would have all my data if I arrived at a hospital unconscious. If I was in another country, that is where the emergency phone contact comes in.
My PFD for my kayak or canoe, I have an expired drivers license in a pocket on that PFD if I was found face down in a lake somewhere. And both boats have my name and home phone number on them.
Someone mentioned phone or smartwatch above, I just did a quick search, found these links:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/fir...one-is-locked/
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-...es-lock-screen
It never occurred to me to put this stuff on my phone, it is usually off or in airplane mode so it is the last thing I think of. So, decided to put an emergency contact on my phones, and neither of those above articles work for my version of Android. So, that is not going to happen today.
ADDENDUM:
Ordered one today (Mar 5) to attach to my wrist watch band. Included the three lines with my bullet point items listed above. But I now realize that I forgot to use Dec for month, I used birthdate format YYYY-MM-DD. In my case the date can't be confused when the day of the month is greater than 12, so not a problem.