How to create a medical emergency details document

A few years ago, after the dentist mistreatment, I developed a document called “what to do in an emergency” – that me or Adam could give to healthcare workers when I can’t advocate for myself. I also sent it to my manager at work.

I referred to it in July, when I was coughing and unable to speak a lot. I included a lot of info about ichthyosis and what it means and what treatments I have.

Here is the template. It might be useful for you. Feel free to use/share (copy and paste the text below).

What to know in an emergency

Name

Date of birth

Address and phone number

Medicare number and expiry date

Emergency contact/s
name/s and phone number/s

Ambulance Victoria number

• Ambulance membership / private healthcare fund details

Diagnosis/medical condition/s

• Name of medical each condition
• Symptoms of medical condition

Allergies

• List medication allergies, food allergies, airborne allergies etc

Phobias

• List phobias
• List symptoms of phobias

Treatments and medication

• List medications
• List treatments specific to you (I talked about need for showers, re-application of ointment here)

Medical specialists

• List GP clinic and contact details
• List specialist clinics/private specialists and contact details

Vaccinations

• List vaccinations and dates of vax

Other notes

• List anything else that may be useful

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