Emergency ID wristbands

rumbataz

I saw an advert for ID wristbands recently designed for cyclists. They were designed to provide emergency services with emergency contact information, essential medical information and your personal details should you become incapacitated after an accident whilst cycling.

Does anyone carry something similar with them when they're out cycling? I carry no ID with me when I'm cycling. I do have a phone with me but that wouldn't be any use in the event of me becoming unresponsive or worse.

redvision

I wear this https://www.vitalid.com/shop/sport-id-bracelet/ on each bike ride and run.

I hope it's never needed but better safe than sorry. Especially if you have an existing medical condition.

47p2

I have a MyRoadID band, never cycle without it...just in case :shock:

Monty Dog

https://www.onelifeid.com/ UK company run by cyclists..

Dorset_Boy

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762721#p19762721]Monty Dog[/url] wrote:

https://www.onelifeid.com/ UK company run by cyclists..

+1

rumbataz

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762721#p19762721]Monty Dog[/url] wrote:

https://www.onelifeid.com/ UK company run by cyclists..

Yeah, that company came up as an ad in my Facebook feed. I'm going to order one at the weekend.

alex222

I almost bought one but now have the wife's mobile number on my phone lock screen plus a note with contact details in my storage bottle.

cougie

Or a donor card with your toolpack / phone.

There's something weird in doing a sport where you think there's a need to be identified when injured or killed. The wrist tag just seems a bit much and why pay for it anyway.

redvision

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762772#p19762772]cougie[/url] wrote:

Or a donor card with your toolpack / phone.

There's something weird in doing a sport where you think there's a need to be identified when injured or killed. The wrist tag just seems a bit much and why pay for it anyway.

Yeah, i understand where you are coming from. I wear mine because i suffer quite badly with asthma and you just never know. Plus, it gives a bit of reassurance to the family, just in case there is an emergency.

DavidJB

I take my driving licence out with me.

e17blade

I have all my personal information and my wife's contact details on a laminated credit card sized piece of paper. I leave it in my waterproof cycling wallet so it is always in my jersey pocket when I'm riding.

It worked brilliantly when I had a big crash with a car earlier this year. The police and ambulance crew all said what a great idea it was as I wasn't in a fit state to speak for a while and they could identify me and contact my family immediately.

I would thoroughly recommend it, especially if you have any sort of medical issues that an ambulance crew could need to know about. My wife also feels a bit happier that I always have the card on me - especially since the crash.

BikeRadarAdmin

If anybody has an iPhone, you can enter emergency contact and medical details in the 'Health' app.

You can access this even if your phone is locked. Worth sharing with non-cyclists aswell.

The Rookie

The iPhone has all my medical information plus emergency contact numbers available without entering the access code, I also have an emergency details card laminated I keep in the phone case as well.

ayjaycee

After a couple of spills in which I was not badly hurt (but easily could have been) I too now wear a Vital ID wristband with my and NOK contact details. I have also got an ICE QR sticker ( http://www.cerql.co.uk/ ) on either side of my helmet - basically it's a sticker printed with a QR code that Emergency Services (or anybody else with the right smart phone app) can scan and automatically go to a website with my photo and other details. A doctor pal of mine recommended the latter to me and said first responders are always equipped with the kit to read such things nowadays as they are becoming increasingly more common. To my simple mind, the advantage of wristbands and/or helmet stickers is that they are more likely to be easily visible to said first responders than something in a pocket - indeed, in the worst case scenario, they may even be unwilling to move you at first in order to do the search.

Having said all that, I seem to recall another thread on the same subject a while ago when a few posters were fairly sceptical about the ICE QR approach and they are, of course, entitled to their own opinions.

rumbataz

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762917#p19762917]joshjevans[/url] wrote:

If anybody has an iPhone, you can enter emergency contact and medical details in the 'Health' app.

You can access this even if your phone is locked. Worth sharing with non-cyclists aswell.

Thanks. That's good to know.

laurentian

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762917#p19762917]joshjevans[/url] wrote:

If anybody has an iPhone, you can enter emergency contact and medical details in the 'Health' app.

You can access this even if your phone is locked. Worth sharing with non-cyclists aswell.

Iv'e just done this - thanks for the heads up

fenix

Why bother with a sticker that requires the right app, and then a phone signal when a piece of laminated paper is an easier (and free) option. But then again wheres the money to be made in that eh ? ;-)

A piece of paper isn't going to run out of battery or break.

Bobbinogs

Yepp, what he said. Everyone seems to look for the high tech answer whereas a simple piece of laminated card ticks the box.

tangled_metal

I've usually got plenty of id on me since I tend to carry a wallet with cards including blood donor card. There's plenty of ways to drive NOK from those. Besides I've a rare surname. Look it up anywhere in the northwest or even northern Ireland England and you'll find my address or a close relative. I've no time for companies charging for for unnecessary bracelets I'll find annoying to wear.

My phone has an ICE number in the contacts but that's only accessible if you know the pin. I used to carry a throwaway when I walked without any security on it. That had very few contacts on it other than family and NOK. My NOK had a duplicate entry with ICE in front. Might consider that again if I got worried about accidents.

Coach H

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762906#p19762906]E17Blade[/url] wrote:

I have all my personal information and my wife's contact details on a laminated credit card sized piece of paper. I leave it in my waterproof cycling wallet so it is always in my jersey pocket when I'm riding.

It worked brilliantly when I had a big crash with a car earlier this year. The police and ambulance crew all said what a great idea it was as I wasn't in a fit state to speak for a while and they could identify me and contact my family immediately.

I would thoroughly recommend it, especially if you have any sort of medical issues that an ambulance crew could need to know about. My wife also feels a bit happier that I always have the card on me - especially since the crash.

+1

Dorset_Boy

If you've a neck or spinal injury, having something in your back pocket isn't going to be of much initial use.

It's hardly as if these things cost a lot (£15-£20) - quite a bit less than a decent tyre, and provide additional peace of mind to NOK.

I also carry my BC card in my phone case in my back pocket.

bigmitch41

Dog tags can be purchased for a couple of quid off the internet and engraved with all your personal id, I still wear my'n from my roadracing days.

damocles10

I wouldn't rely on a phone for ID as that can become damaged.

I personally have a onelife wristband and iD card (with family/doctor contact details) along side a donor card and BC racing license.

tangled_metal

Seriously at which point of the emergency procedure do you think they need your id? Chances are it's in the hospital after stabilization. At that point they've probably cut away clothing and have full access to pockets. At that point would a helmet qr code sticker still be with the cyclist? I don't know but would you pick up a probably smashed helmet as you lift the cyclist onto stretcher then wheel to the ambulance?

Wrist id bracelets would probably stay with the Rider, necklaces could come off I suppose but most likely stay with the rider.

One question, what id do you carry when not riding? Do you have stickers on your helmet, bracelets, necklaces or a phone/ wallet in your pocket? Of course being a car driver and pedestrian you're at as much risk as cyclists so I suppose you wear a helmet then too. Sorry for being a bit flippant but I doubt having an id at the road side is going to be much of a big deal, they'll possibly not take id bracelets on face value as not a recognized form of id without a photograph too. They'll still cross match blood types I'm sure. Treatment won't be much different. Of course if you've a significant medical condition you'll probably have a medic aware bracelet. They're an acceptable id because IIRC there's an officially recognised system behind outit. The others are just commercial products.

It is everyone's choice to use them or not of course. I'm confident I've enough id on me when I ride so my choice is to save my money for other things. Perhaps another light so I'm more visible or a hi-viz vest or something to prevent an accident like better tyre.

damocles10

I carry all my iD at all times - you just don't know. Don't want to sound morbid, but, a fatal could happen at any time.

macleod113

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19762721#p19762721]Monty Dog[/url] wrote:

https://www.onelifeid.com/ UK company run by cyclists..

I got one of these for christmas (and a go pro) for Christmas last year after i got knocked off last November. great investments and they are easier to spot that poking around for a phone (although i do have my emergency contacts on my iphone also).

a decent spend of £20 as far as i am concerned

fat_cat

A colleague of mine was knocked off his bike in a hit and run. Was knocked unconscious and sustained a fairly serious head injury - serious enough for an Air Ambulance to be involved. Thankfully he has since recovered.

He had no ID on him at the time of accident only a mobile phone that was password locked.

The police / hospital were unable to ID him until his teenage son phoned him when he hadn't returned home as expected.

The moral of the story, always carry iD

team47b

I have a stainless steel dog tag on a chain around my neck which in the event of an accident will let the medics know that the man with the sliced jugular WAS an insulin dependent diabetic

roger_merriman

I have a phone and my wallet on me at all times, helps that i'm a MTBer at heart so even on road I have baggies or similar. Both phone and wallet have ID and medical info

just over two years ago I was found in Bushy Park with a fractured skull, the ambulance rang my wife on my phone.

things like epilepsy and diabetes bracelets are common enough, But emergency services first line will always be phones/wallets because that's what most people have on them.

ntc

Might be common knowledge but a useful bit of info for iPhone users which I found out recently...even when your iPhone is password locked, all you have to do is Press and Hold Down the Main Home Key on your phone to access Siri. Then say to Siri, “Contacts ICE”. Siri will then bring up your ICE contact details. Only proviso is that you must put ICE in first name field. I have done this and put my wifes name in the company field. It works!

fenix

If its an iphone you'd best pray that you get found quickly before the battery runs flat...

;-)