What to put on your emergency profile

When a responder scans a RESCUE ID, they are triaging. The information that helps them most is short, specific, and clear.

Start with the essentials

Responders have a set of questions for nearly any emergency. The profile is built to lift the stress and get the answers quickly. A photo helps us safely match to the person. Your legal name helps get your information connected across systems. Your preferred name is because responders want to be respectful. Height and weight, especially for children, because medications are based on it. Current medications and known allergies answer the questions asked first at the scene.

Add context that changes decisions

Implanted devices, recent surgery, and current conditions all guide decisions in an emergency. If something could affect your behavior all responders need to know (i.e. diabetes, hard of hearing, mobility issues, mental health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, etc).

Your People Want to Know

A responder sees the first name and relationship of your contact. For safety no last name or phone number is immediately visible. The profile includes “push-to-talk” function to speed connection. Those same contacts are the ones receiving a text when the ID is scanned, if you are a member of the Guardian plan.

Keep it current

An out-of-date profile is worse than a sparse one. Update a profile whenever information changes. Put a reminder on your calendar to make