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Diabetes Medical Alert Bracelets
What are the acute complications of diabetes?
1. Severely elevated blood sugar levels due to an actual lack of insulin or a relative deficiency of insulin.
2. Abnormally low blood sugar levels due to too much insulin or other glucose-lowering medications. Continue reading → -
Wristbands for hospital patients
It may not appear much but this simple yellow wrist band is at the forefront of providing the best care available to sufferers of Alzheimer's and dementia. The James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, has issued the bands to dementia patients so that nurses can quickly and easily assess their special needs. Continue reading → -
Wristbands for dementia patients
A SIMPLE yellow wrist band is at the forefront of providing the best care available to sufferers of Alzheimer's and dementia. The James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston, has issued the bands to dementia patients so that nurses can quickly and easily assess their special needs. Continue reading → -
Red Wristbands Warn Hospitals of Patient Allergy Risk
Hospital patients are being put at risk because medics are missing potentially lethal drug allergies, research out today shows. Gaps in recording some elderly people's reactions were uncovered at Sunderland Royal Hospital. A poll of 100 patients, admitted to the hospital, showed that records of allergies to drugs such as codeine, paracetamol and penicillin were either incomplete, overlooked or missed out altogether. Continue reading → -
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Bracelets
Karyn Badgett and all three of her children were born with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a hereditary connective tissue disorder. But none of them knew until eight years ago. Continue reading →