Emergency info

[squeezebox]

I think it would be a good idea if we all carried emergency information, in your wallet and the lid of your pack. Medical info, medication info, phone contact list. Stuff happens, if you get knocked unconscious we can help you.

[Traveler]

Good point! If you carry a cell phone, have a listing for ICE (in case of emergency), rescue/police will look for that.

[squeezebox]

Yes that too.

[daddytwosticks]

Past posts talked about dog tags. Sounds like a great idea. Maybe even one of those "help, I've fallen and can't get up" necklaces?

[Tprunty8]

I wear a "dog tag" with emergency info that's laced into my shoelaces. Costs less than $5, small price to help my family's peace of mind.

[Starchild]

Good point! If you carry a cell phone, have a listing for ICE (in case of emergency), rescue/police will look for that.

If you lock your phone this doesn't help.

[Walkintom]

Years ago I picked up a Widearea Information Frequentbroadcast Exporter.

My WIFE contains my medical, financial and travel history. Even such mundanities as my recent drinking is logged and can be retrieved at a moment's notice.

[RangerZ]

I wear a "dog tag" with emergency info that's laced into my shoelaces. Costs less than $5, small price to help my family's peace of mind.

I've done this for years. Recently I've used a red medical info dog tag on my right boot - also helps me get the right boot on the correct foot.

Also on my dog tags, pack and with meds, I'll admit to a bit of overkill.

[Mountain Bluebird]

What is a Widearea Information Frequentbroadcast Exporter?? Google does not reveal....

[Tuckahoe]

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Of course a card with emergency contact information is too heavy

[rocketsocks]

I keep an old expired photo drivers lic. in my hip belt pouch.

[Old Grouse]

also helps me get the right boot on the correct foot."

And don't forget TGIF (Toes go in first).

[Gray Bear]

Years ago I picked up a Widearea Information Frequentbroadcast Exporter.

My WIFE contains my medical, financial and travel history. Even such mundanities as my recent drinking is logged and can be retrieved at a moment's notice.

Yeah but what does it weigh?

[rocketsocks]

also helps me get the right boot on the correct foot."

And don't forget TGIF (Toes go in first).

good point...wouldn't hurt to notch one of your boot soles, kinda like leaving bread crumbs.

[illabelle]

What is a Widearea Information Frequentbroadcast Exporter?? Google does not reveal....

It wasn't clear?

My WIFE contains my medical, financial and travel history. Even such mundanities as my recent drinking is logged and can be retrieved at a moment's notice.

[MamaBear]

+1 for RoadID

[kayak karl]

carry on person. my wallet is around neck at all times.

i had a Spot in '09. i put my pack at shelter and went to get water. fell down icy hill in january. laying at bottom, with no Spot and all info in pack . changed my thinking after that .

[Uriah]

The average age of the posters on this thread paints a telling picture. The younger crowd need not apply. But perhaps those whipper-snappers shouldn't feel the need to carry identification, since they haven't figured out who they are yet. We older folk must also remember that they are invincible, as we were too once. I get their logic though: why worry about being ID'd if I were to fall unconscious or dead? It's someone else's problem then.

It reminds me of the ol' joke: The victim will have to be identified through dental records, but what I can't understand is if they don't know who the victim was, how the hell are they going to know who his dentist was?

[Walkintom]

Yeah but what does it weigh?

It won't fit in my pack. Fortunately, it trundles along at about the same pace I do. Unfortunately, it snores during its recharge cycle.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Yeah but what does it weigh?

If you ask a Widearea Information Frequentbroadcast Exporter that question the wrong way,
you may quickly find yourself Dismembered Eviscerated And Decapitated.