The MEDICAL ID DISK is a method of carrying all your important medical information with you. It contains information needed for emergency medical treatment. This includes personal identifying information, medical history which could affect emergency treatment, contact information your family and Health Care Agent, contact information for your personal physician(s), and insurance information.
In an emergency medical situation it will be very valuable to the team treating you to have easy access to historical patient medical information as well as your medical insurance information and will expedite starting treatment. They need only information which could affect your treatment, not your entire medical history. Time is very critical in emergencies, and the ER physician usually doesn't have time to call some place and use a code or password to get your history sent to the ER. Because you carry it with you the MEDICAL ID DISK can be read immediately. It is of immense benefit for the physician to know your precise history regarding factors that could influence the treatment. And your family and Health Care Agent can be rapidly notified.
The MEDICAL ID DISK contains the following:
Personal identifying and contact information for you
Important medical information about you
Contact information for your family
Contact information for your Health Care Agent
Contact information for your physician(s)
Insurance information
and very importantly
A copy of your Living Will
This is a unique and copyrighted Living Will
Along with the Disk you receive a consent form to sign and give to your Health Care Agent in the event they need to represent you. This consent gives your Health Care Agent the authority to make decisions for you according to your wishes. It also expresses your decisions about organ and tissue donation, and sharing your medical records.
The MEDICAL ID DISK contains the necessary information to ensure that your wishes are carried out in the event that you can't express them yourself. Don't be caught unprepared
