Malaysian MedicAlert

I just saw a patient with multiple allergies to PCM,Ponstan,NSAIDS,Penicillin,Macrolides,Cephalosporins,Sulphonamides and who is also asthmatic...so I advised her to get a MedicAlert bracelet.

Here is the MedicAlert Malaysia website which is part of the UMMC. You can download the form there and join them for RM$25 for 5 years.

"What is MedicAlert® ?

It is a charitable non-profit organization. Subscription fees, donations from friends, corporations and foundations maintain its services. Contributions are tax deductible.

Who needs MedicAlert®?

Persons with any medical problems that cannot be easily seen or recognized, such as diabetes, allergies, epilepsy or persons with pacemakers or artificial hips need such a medical information system. Under normal circumstances they would be able to inform doctors of their conditions but in times of emergency or when they are unconscious or otherwise unable to speak, MedicAlert ^® speaks for them.

How it all began

MedicAlert ^® Foundation International, based in Turlock , California , grew out of an idea by a concerned parent, Dr. Marion C. Collins. Their daughter almost died of an allergic reaction when given a dose of tetanus antitoxin for a minor cut on her finger. The father wanted to make sure that she would not be exposed to such a danger again, so he made a paper emblem with her allergy written on it and made her wear it all the time. When she went to college she wanted a more stylish emblem, so he made her one of silver. Some of her friends wanted emblems as they too had some similar medical problems and the father realized there are many others who would benefit from an advance medical warning system and devoted his life to developing MedicAlert ^® . There are now over four million members worldwide."