Chris Bunney knows the dangers associated with having a potentially fatal health condition. In 2009 he went to the gym at 7.24am. He left at 7.34am. For one hour and forty minutes he wandered around the nearby supermarket in a daze, unaware he was quickly heading towards a hypoglycaemic coma.

When Chris collapsed on the floor on the supermarket, he had a lucky chance meeting with a stranger that recognised his Type 1 diabetic symptoms who called for an ambulance. Chris was so close to death that the paramedics took over an hour to stabilise him. (more…)

Our Mediband® and MedibandPlus® products are an ideal safeguard against a sudden asthma attack when your child is out of your immediate care – at a friend’s house, in the school playground, visiting relatives.

Mediband is discreet, attractive, not embarrassing for the kids to wear and can alert supervising adults to the immediate steps they need to take, or better yet, allow swift diagnosis by medical personnel.

This is particularly important for asthma sufferers. The Asthma Foundation has some good tips for (more…)

Hannah Kean was diagnosed at the age of 21 with Anaphylaxis after a life time of baffling ill health and regular hospital visits since she was a toddler. The diagnosis was made after Hannah experienced an unexpected anaphylactic attack from eating an instant packet of macaroni cheese.

“The only reasonable explanation for such a serious reaction to the microwaved packet of macaroni cheese is that it must have been manufactured on equipment used to produce seafood or fish products”, Miss Kean said.

“Ever since then I have been fatally allergic to iodine, (more…)

Going overseas for your holidays this year?  Worried your english mediband won’t work in China because no-one speaks or reads english very well in China?  Or you might be travelling to Spain – need medical ID written in spanish?  Then again, Thailand is often beautiful at this time of the year, but not so beautiful if no-one can understand your medical condition in an emergency!

It would be great if we could leave our medical condition at home when travelling overseas.  Second to this would be the big TRANSLATE BUTTON for medical emergencies … often we cannot talk for ourselves when a medical crisis occurs!

Did you know Mediband can create a medical ID bracelet in any language, from arabic to chinese to french to german to swahili to thai?

Mediband Multi-lingual medical ID bracelets

Yes, in any language known to man!  Worry Less, Live More these holidays with Mediband.

Don’t leave it too late for your custom medibands, as there is often a 10-20 day turnaround at this time of the year.

Click here to see Mediband’s range of instock multilingual bracelets, or click here create your own mediband in any language.

A MOSMAN resident had a good reaction to allergies.

Michael Randall had noticed that children with life-threatening conditions or allergies were reluctant to wear the traditional metal medical bracelets usually worn by older people.

So he came up with a colourful, lightweight design that appeals to both children and adults.

The bands are designed to warn people of the wearer’s adverse health reaction to foods like peanuts and shellfish, or as an alert to conditions like diabetes, epilepsy and asthma. (more…)