U-tag

Anyone seen these? I think its quite a good idea.

Maria

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.

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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!!

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

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.

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.........

Originally Posted by 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.........

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!

Originally Posted by neio79

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Woz

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.

Originally Posted by SAMMY650

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

Yup indeed.

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.