There are many Medical Alert Technologies on the market today that will help save lives and the VeriMed chip is probably one of the most interesting.
The VeriMed microchip is a FDA-approved identification system that is implanted just underneath the skin of a patient, in the back of the right arm. About the size of a gran of rice, each VeriMed microchip is encoded with an unique ID number that is linked up to the user. In times of emergency, medical personnel use specifically designed scanners to read the information on the chip in order to access your information in a database and provide you with the help you need.
Think of the VeriMed Microchip as an advancement of your standard medical alert bracelet because of it’s linkage to a database, much more information is available immediately to medical personnel. It’s the instant access to all patient medical information that makes the VeriMed chip powerful.
With any type of technology that can be linked to sensitive personal data, the makers of the VeriMed chip guarantee that the information connected to the chip will only be used by authorised health care professionals who will be able to use the information accessed through the chip to provide medical care as well as contact loved ones in case of tragic emergencies or loss of identification.
The information is stored in your personal profile when you initiated the implant and usually includes the following:
- name, address and phone number
- medical information, conditions and procedures
- allergies
- diagnosis
- medications
- physicians
- emergency contacts
- advance directives
According to the Makers of the VeriMed Chip, almost anyone use this technology, including:
- Coronary artery disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Stroke
- Seizure disorders
- Diabetes
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Pacemaker users
The obvious drawback to this type of technology is the availability of scanners at institutions near you, which may mean that in order to make this technology perfectly feasible, it would need to be widely accepted and setup. The benefit to this type of technology may come in the way of victim identification and organ transplants. The VeriMed Medical Alert Technology is still in its infancy but should make head-ways down the road.
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