This section of the website is aimed at medical and emergency professionals who want to find out more about MedicAlert®.

Inside you will find information about how to recognise MedicAlert® Emblems, how to react when you find a MedicAlert® Emblem on a person during the course of your work, which organisations recommend MedicAlert® and how you can recommend MedicAlert® to colleagues or a patient.

TO PROTECT THE PATIENT...

... AND THE PROFESSIONAL

MedicAlert® is the only non-profit making, registered charity in the UK providing medical and emergency professionals with a warning system to help identify over four million members worldwide who have underlying medical conditions and allergies.

In the modern public sector, professionals are coming under increasing pressure to hit performance targets and control risk in their workplace. All local health and emergency services are now appearing in nationally published league tables and the number of litigation claims made by the general public against the medical profession and the emergency services is continuing to rise. These two factors bring with them corresponding increases in the amount of time diverted away from the core care services, the cost of professional insurance cover and last but certainly not least the pressure felt by professionals during their working day.

The success of MedicAlert®'s identification system depends upon a reciprocal relationship between The MedicAlert Foundation and the professionals who come into contact with Members.

How MedicAlert® Protects The Professional

In any given situation, MedicAlert® Emblems enable professionals to identify Members with underlying medical conditions, obtain vital information immediately, access further medical/personal information (including next of kin) held on our central records and thus deal with the Member efficiently and effectively. The more potential Members are encouraged to join, the lower the risk of a medical error occurring during their treatment.

How The Professional Can Protect MedicAlert®

Professionals in all health and emergency services need to check their charges for MedicAlert® Emblems as a matter of routine. They need to know an Emblem when they see it and what to do when one is found. They also need to encourage potential members to join. In short they need to know the Three Rs of MedicAlert®.

• Recognise
• React
• Recommend