American Medical ID Shows Their Support on World Hemophilia Day
American Medical ID helps shine a light on Hemophilia, and why it's important to have a medical ID with this condition.
HOUSTON, April 17, 2023 (Newswire.com) - American Medical ID was founded in 1994 with the mission to provide personalized, custom-engraved medical ID jewelry that saves people's lives. For over 28 years, American Medical ID has partnered with multiple hemophilia organizations to help raise awareness.
What exactly is hemophilia? It is a condition that prevents a person's blood from clotting properly. About 400,000 people around the world have hemophilia. The disorder is more common in males and affects about 1 in every 5,000 men.
World Hemophilia Day is an opportunity to come together to raise awareness, show support and help fight the condition.
To help save lives, American Medical ID has built partnerships with Hemophilia Chapters nationwide. Through this ongoing initiative, they have provided over 7,000 medical IDs to those with hemophilia. Since it is a condition that is not recognizable from the outside, wearing a medical ID helps provide first responders critical information in the case of an emergency.
"We encourage the daily wear of American Medical ID jewelry, and our patients are grateful for this support to ensure that their bleeding disorder is not forgotten in times of crisis." - Meredith Getz, Social Worker with the Hemophilia Treatment Center of Central PA
Sometimes, people are not sure what to engrave on their medical id, American Medical ID put a few tips together that could help. We recommend engraving a name, the specific bleeding disorder, current medications, allergies and an emergency contact phone number.
In some situations, all this information is not able to fit on a medical ID. American Medical ID offers My Interactive Health Record (MyIHR.com) to store all necessary medical information in one place. A unique QR code is included with every purchase of MyIHR and grants access to personal medical records upon scanning.
For more information on why medical ids are important for bleeding disorders, visit https://www.americanmedical-id.com/bleeding-disorders
To order a medical ID, visit https://www.americanmedical-id.com
Source: American Medical ID