How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit Part. 5: The List

I included an outline below of the information needed, and you can easily copy and paste in a word processing software and fill in all the blanks.

  • Name:           Date of Birth:
  • Insurance:
  • Height: Weight (English or metric units)
  • Allergies:              Reactions
  • Past Medical Histories:
  •  Previous Surgeries:
  •  Medications:      Name          Dose         Frequency
  • Smoking    Yes No, How long?      Quit when
  • Alcohol:  how much and how often,
  • Family History:
  • DNR: Yes  No       DNI: Yes  No     MOLST:  Yes  No
  • Health Care Proxy and Contacts Telephone Numbers
  • Physicians and contact numbers
  • Pharmacy with address, telephone, and fax numbers.
  • Gynecological History Number of Pregnancies, outcome,

Others

EKG

CT Scan, MRI, x-rays

Blood work

Fasting blood sugar record

Stress Test

Angiograms

Implanted Devices

Biopsy results

Discharge Summaries

So there you go. Let me know if there is anything you want to add. I hope this will help and make your ER visit easier.

Related Readings:

  • The Complete Series of “How to Prepare for that Unplanned Emergency Room Visit”
  • Part 1 talks about why preparation is needed for an emergency room visit
  • Part 2 lists the most essential medical information to bring to the emergency room.
  • Part 3 describes the other medical information that are also important.
  • Part 4 enumerates the different ways to carry medical information
  • Part 5 lists all the needed medical information in a shortlist that can be copied and pasted to a word processing app ready to be filled.
  • Disease Prevention Has a Deadline
  • The Two Minute Warning

 

Photo credits :

https://www.stockvault.net/

© 2018- 2019 Asclepiades Medicine, LLC  All Rights Reserved
DrJesseSantiano.com does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment