Medical ID Bracelets in the News

Want the latest news on medical ID bracelets? Read on to find out why you should wear medical ID if you have a medical condition

  1. Keeping asthma-affected children safe

    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 Continue reading →
  2. Medical Bracelet Saves Young Woman's Life Multiple Times

    medical braceletHannah 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, crustaceans and all types of fish and in my early 20’s I had between 30 and 40 anaphylactic episodes which were life threatening. “At the same time as being diagnosed with Anaphylaxis, I began to lose my hearing. Several years later the progressive hearing loss led my rheumatologist to diagnose me with a genetic auto immune disorder known as Muckle Wells Syndrome, and now I am 99.98 per cent deaf. “In any year I can spend up to two months in hospital at a time, and as I live on my own my Continue reading →
  3. Travelling overseas these holidays with a medical condition?

    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...
  4. Michael Randall releases Mediband that can have allergies written on it

    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. Continue reading →
  5. Has your Mediband Bracelet helped to save your life, your child’s or a family member’s?

    If so, we want to hear your story . . . There are over 230,000 adults and children with potentially fatal ailments wearing Mediband medical wristbands in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the United States of America. As you know, Medibands help to alert other people and medicos of the wearer’s condition such as diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, anaphylaxis, and...

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