U-tag

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

Anyone seen these (http://utag-digital-dogtag.com/index.html)? I think its quite a good idea.

Maria

[neio79]

I suppose they are if the Medics have a Laptop to hand or it survives the Crash. WOuld much rather wear my normal Dog tags with My Blood group on it etc.

[Woz]

This kind of thing has been tried several times before with very limited success. Like neio said, I just wear normal dog tags with all my info engraved on them (a couple of quid from fleabay). But then I'm diabetic so I pretty much have to wear them anyway.

[Blue_SV650S]

I suppose they are if the Medics have a Laptop to hand or it survives the Crash. WOuld much rather wear my normal Dog tags with My Blood group on it etc.

Yep, Name, DOB and Blood group and any medicine allergies ... it'd use up too much precious time to start waiting for a USB device to be detected!! ;)

[neio79]

Yep, Name, DOB and Blood group and any medicine allergies ... it'd use up too much precious time to start waiting for a USB device to be detected!! ;)
So the same things that can go on normal dog tags and take a quick glance to check them ;) Its an other case of over complicating something. If you wear dog tags the metal disc ones work fine and are quicker to read.

[SAMMY650]

Depends how you look at it. With normal dog tags you're very limited to how much info you can put on it (example....my flatmate has a list as long as your arm of things, be it food or medicines etc that she's allergic to so there's no way she could put that all on a normal tag!)

I've got one of the U-Tags and it takes all of 2-3 seconds for the computer to detect it. The emergency services and even GP's have been made aware of the U-Tag.

I'm not allergic to anything (that I know of!) but I got a U-tag through work. You can put all sorts on it. There's 4 emergency contact/next of kin spaces which is good for the likes of me as I live 300 miles from next of kin but would want them to know if i'd been seriously injured and I can put my flatmates details on there so someone can get to the hospital quick as well.
Theres space for anything you want on there.

But I suppose its not for everyone, especially if all you want on there is name, blood group, d.o.b.........

[neio79]

Depends how you look at it. With normal dog tags you're very limited to how much info you can put on it (example....my flatmate has a list as long as your arm of things, be it food or medicines etc that she's allergic to so there's no way she could put that all on a normal tag!)

I've got one of the U-Tags and it takes all of 2-3 seconds for the computer to detect it. The emergency services and even GP's have been made aware of the U-Tag.

I'm not allergic to anything (that I know of!) but I got a U-tag through work. You can put all sorts on it. There's 4 emergency contact/next of kin spaces which is good for the likes of me as I live 300 miles from next of kin but would want them to know if i'd been seriously injured and I can put my flatmates details on there so someone can get to the hospital quick as well.
Theres space for anything you want on there.

But I suppose its not for everyone, especially if all you want on there is name, blood group, d.o.b.........

I suppose the sheer ammount of Data they can hold is good. But my point being first on scene paramedics are going to find it quicker to look at normal tags apose to getting out a laptop and booting it up.

Yes when back at hospital they can be usefull, iff you havent already administered the wrong stuff due to not being able to read them!

[SAMMY650]

I suppose the sheer ammount of Data they can hold is good. But my point being first on scene paramedics are going to find it quicker to look at normal tags apose to getting out a laptop and booting it up.

Yes when back at hospital they can be usefull, iff you havent already administered the wrong stuff due to not being able to read them!

True, if I was that badly injured I wouldn't want them wasting time on anything.......just get me to the hospital!!!!

I suppose time will tell as to wether these work or not.

[Miss Alpinestarhero]

I see both points. The key thing I found quite good was the fact that (a) you can put alot of information on them and (b) emergency services in another country can translate your information into X language. However - that would only be good if you were in the country that the U-Tag supports.

I just wear normal dog tags with all my info engraved on them (a couple of quid from fleabay). But then I'm diabetic so I pretty much have to wear them anyway.

My mum is diabetic but has her tags via medic-alert. It has a unique code on the back along with a number. If the situation ever arose, the emergency services can call that number and get all the info they need.



I suppose time will tell as to wether these work or not.

Yup indeed.

[Grinch]

I'll stick to my dog tag, it works well and they used it when I had my flip and spinal board experience.
Mines a little container that snaps open to allow you to pull out all the details on a little bit of paper.

[MiniMatt]

I'd guess that after the hundredth laptop got infected with a virus a mail will go round prohibiting paramedics from sticking unknown USB sticks in their lapfrogs.

I've got some doggy tags from when I was racing, after the third or fourth crash one of the paramedics said "I don't know why you guys bother putting blood type on your tags - if we give you the wrong blood then you'll probably die - there ain't no way we're giving you anything until we do a blood test, regardless of what some tag says".

That aside, I can see great benefit on these type of systems for allergies, existing conditions etc as already noted, though I suspect old fashioned non-electronic methods will be favoured by medical personnel for a long time to come.

[SupaSonic]

In theory its a great idea, but......
Having seen countless paramedics in action, they dont really bother because.......

*If you are conscious, they take details from you and get all the info that way

*If you are unconscious, they spend more time ensuring they save your life/dont damage your spine/getting you to hospital and if you have anything with your name and date of birth on it they can get medical history (Hx) from those records.


When they have you stable, they check your mobile phone to see if you have an I.C.E number on it and ring that if they need to so that at least your loved ones are updated and they get any information they might need from that person.

Great idea, but I think I see some money making in the process.... Looks cool tho!

[independentphoto]

When they have you stable, they check your mobile phone to see if you have an I.C.E number on it

Great idea, but I think I see some money making in the process.... Looks cool tho!

Assuming of course that the phone is A) on you B) Not damaged c) charged up d) details are filed under ICE etc, etc,

Hey nothing's perfect, but at least I can put my alergies etc on it too.


Garry:rolleyes:

[lukemillar]

Hey nothing's perfect, but at least I can put my alergies etc on it too.


Eh? What so in case of emergency, don't feed peanuts!? :lol:

[TEC]

There was quite a long discussion about these on another forum ;)

..... the paramedics ....there ain't no way we're giving you anything until we do a blood test, regardless of what some tag says".
And that is basically the upshot, medics wont bother with U-tags the same as they wont with dogtags. A hospital might take a look at one if its the last resort or once they have confirmed who you are. How are they to know its not been nicked and the current owner isn't actually allergic to the drugs that could be the only thing to save them (if you get my drift).

Yes they may be a good idea in the future when its the normal thing for everyone to have them but the medicalert stuff is the recognised norm world wide at the moment

[Paws]

Ive got a s.o.s card, has a up to date photo of me on it,name, date of birth, along with allegies, contact numbers, blood type and doctors name/number.
Have one in my leathers pocket and one in my textiles-easy to find and proves who i am etc, i'll try and dig out the address i ordered them from.