#emergency info

[daniel-oneiroi]

A Guide to Keeping Your Medical Records

Look, I have like. A LOT of medical issues. Even when I didn’t have anything diagnosed, yeah, part of the problem was neglectful medical staff... and a lot of it was doctors and staff not having information they needed to make a decision. Having a binder of your info can give them that info at a glance. 

Anyone can walk into a doctors’ office or ER and just... say stuff. ER docs ESPECIALLY don’t know that YOU are telling the truth. And just as important! *Accurate* truth! Because we all think our recollection of some important stuff is dead-on... but actually, fine details that are important just get lost, or become hazy. But paperwork from “outside witnesses” (other doctors or pharmacists) gets instant respect and verification.

Having your medical records in one binder is really rare for doctors to see from patients but my experience has been that they help SO. MUCH. My experience of doctors really started to change when I walked in with a 2″ binder of just... like... everything from the past ~1-2 years, and some things I’d been battling since I was a teenager, so like, 10 years. With folder dividers, the kind of divider that has a pocket? Somewhat organized, not even pristine. It was even a relief for some because they worked for a company, and the company rendered their computers practically useless to get tests for like, a month. Cool, I had copies of mine on paper! No duplicated tests to pay for!

Suddenly, they went from “yeah whatever ok” to “... oh. You’re serious. You came with bloodwork results? And PHOTOS of what’s happening? And the front page for previous prescriptions from wal-mart or walgreens showing exactly what it is and when it was filled? ........... okay. we’ll.... find out. Maybe not today, but we’ll work on it.” I went from “I don’t know what that is, but it cleared up by now!” to “... wait, you said you’ve never been able to eat without pain, and now you’re covered in a rash? You can’t breathe in detergent aisles? I really hope you do not have something called MCAS.” (I did not. That doctor was actually worried that I would get angry with him over that. ??? Apparently some patients just DO that because they don’t have an answer in one test.)

GREAT COOL, BINDERS ARE GREAT! BUT I WASN’T JUST TAUGHT THIS STUFF FROM FAMILY OK. I had to learn to assemble this info because I did office admin work before and I was raised by a narcissist and even doctors were horrible. I fear doctors the way I fear cops. Because I feel like both could just injure or kill me and get away with it. Docs have injured and killed friends, and I ended up with dire long QT (and some other issues over the years) because of docs not listening to me. Getting my medical records seems to make shit doctors Nervous because suddenly, a patient has agency and won’t just shut up and do whatever. Maybe it will help you, too.

I know some of these links are for “retired people and caregivers.” The same rules apply! It’s just that no one DOES this stuff until they become caregivers to others! But protip: YOU are your own best caretaker right now. A binder helps other trusted people to know what happened before. There are even downloads for free if you want them!

How + Why to Keep These Binders, What to Keep In Them (video) Downloadable Resources + Explanations for Medical Binders

How Journals Help Improve Your Care (read the comments here. Some are actually really good!)

[awellboiledicicle]

if i see one more person reblog that “if you’re afraid to call 911, talk like you’re ordering a pizza” i am going to scream

either say your current location [address] as clearly as possible and what you can say without making things worse, and keep alive till they get there. 

Because people honest to god call 911 for stupid nonemergency bullshit all the time and operators have to sort through hundreds of calls, almost all of them going “X is dying/i’m dying/help someone has a gun” vs “i would like a pizza”.

Best case scenario is they go “what? This is 911, not a pizza place.” and ask more questions, but none of them will be pizza related. Worst case is you get in massive trouble for calling AN EMERGENCY LINE with a pizza order. 

If you have to call 911, just do literally anything but weird codes that not a single dispatcher i’ve ever met has heard of

[dragontatoes]

Portland is having particularly harsh weather this winter, and we have an ever-growing homeless population. Four homeless people have died of hypothermia in the last ten days, which is just one less than the last five years. We have another storm right now, with snowfall expected for most of Wednesday that might not melt until the weekend.

There’s a list of warming centers for Multnomah county at 211info.org, and a page showing how to donate to them. 

Regardless of where you live, if you see someone in crisis, please call 911 or your local non-emergency line (Portland: 503-823-3333)

[alpineacn]

CPR & AED Certification Class at the Alpine Woman’s Club - June 10, 2017

CPR & AED Certification Class at the Alpine Woman’s Club – June 10, 2017

Would you know how to respond if your child stopped breathing, someone you love had a heart attack or a person drown? Save-A-Heart will be conducting a CPR/AED Certification class on Saturday June 10th from 9 to 11am at the Alpine Woman’s Club (Town Hall) 1830 Alpine Blvd. This class provides you with a 2-year certification and covers adult, child and infant CPR, Heimlich maneuver, drowning and…

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[cardantiquejewelrystylevqs]

The Role Of Radios Advanced Crisis Cases

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[dtoddmiller-blog]

Emergency Contacts on iPhone

In light of the Orlando tragedy, does everyone have their Emergency contact info in their phones? One of the biggest problems of people finding out about their relatives and friends is because police and hospital workers can't get into people's phones to contact next of kin. On iPhones you can put Medical ID info on to your locked screen for emergency so they don't have to break into your phone. I am sure androids, etc have a similar feature. For iPhones- Go into your Health App (white app with Heart) and go to the tab for Medical ID. Put your info in there and enable it to show on emergency screen. Then then you go to your passcode page and you hit emergency it will take you to the white screen and the bottom left will say Med ID and it will have all info. --from Therese Strohmer

[alpineacn]

Follow the Alpine Fire Protection District on Facebook for Commuity Alerts & Info

Follow the Alpine Fire Protection District on Facebook for Commuity Alerts & Info

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY…… PLEASE LIKE OUR ALPINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT’S FACEBOOK PAGE!

This is another VALUABLE way to show support for our AMAZING FIRE DEPT and get ALERTS and important community info!

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