About a year ago, a good friend of ours had a stroke, I don’t know about you, but whilst I heard about people having a stroke, quite honestly, I didn’t really understand what a stroke was. I made it my responsibility to find out. The simple explanation is, “a stroke occurs when the blood flow to the brain is interrupted”.

My friend had none of the warning signs, trouble speaking, walking difficulty’s, trouble seeing or numbness in the face. He quite simply he collapsed and passed out. He was at home and his wife called for the ambulance which thankfully arrived quite soon, and he was taken to hospital, lights flashing and with the emergency siren on the ambulance.

He was starting to come around in the ambulance but not fully, he couldn’t talk but he told me later that he could hear and see the ambulance crew. He was on his own in the ambulance, his wife who couldn’t drive contacted family to take her to the hospital. She arrived some 20 mins after.

When he arrived, he was asked many questions but was unable to answer and was becoming more agitated until his wife arrived and was able to give his full details and medical history.

Thankfully he has made an excellent recovery, he still has some minor issues with talking, but is driving again and has full use of his arms.

The biggest challenge for him was not being able to speak on arrival at the hospital and caused him considerable frustration and distress. He now has a BERTS Medical Alert ID bracelet!

How will the medical alert ID system help? Medical personal and first responders will be able to scan the bracelet and immediately identify the wearer, important personal medical information will be immediately available. If he had the bracelet on when he arrived at the hospital, he would not have felt, as he told me, so helpless.

BERTS ALERT MEDICAL is the solution, the records can be stored and easily updated as required. “YOU” will have control of “YOUR” health record and can make them available, to who you want to see them.

Contact us to learn more today on 1300 237 879 and join now to receive your medical ID bracelet.