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Show Medic Alert Week April 3-9 EMBLEM THAT SAVES LIVES.. .In an emergency your life could be saved by a Medic Alert emblem designed to alert rescuers to the wearer's special medical problem which may range from diabetes, heart condition, hypertension to epilepsy for example. The member's special medical condition condi-tion is engraved on the emblem, along with an identification number plus a collect col-lect twenty-four hour a day phone number to Medic Alert's emergency medical information center. The center provides detailed life-saving information within seconds from data stored in the member's file. Currently, some 1.2 million Americans belong to Medic Alert, a nonprofit organization which has been operated for the past twenty-six years. The organization organiza-tion estimates that one out of every five Americans has some condition that should be known in an emergency. For information, write Medic Alert, Turlock, Calif., 85381 or call toll-free 800344-3226. . |