iPhone Lock screen Emergency feature
The Apple Health app that comes in iOS 8 has the ability to let you create a profile eg ICE contact, blood type, allergies, etc in a profile then it adds an Emergency button on the lock screen that Fi...
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srt20 wrote:
Around here emergency room providers don't look at your stuff. If you need a blood transfusion, they have to draw blood to accurately verify blood type. My wife is a PA in an ER. I also asked if nurses or techs look, and she said no.
I don't know if first responders do. I would guess they do for your emergency contact if you unconscious or something.
When I asked my MD what my blood type was to put in it, he said that the current test for blood type is so quick and simple they'd do it anyway so not to bother listing it.
