Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

3 Cards That Save Lives

Tuck These Life Savers into Your Wallet in 2007

Paramedicall Card

Imagine what could happen if you had an accident or serious illness and your medical history was not available. The wrong drugs could be given, or vital health conditions overlooked, and important symptoms may be misinterpreted or ignored. Paramedicall is a wallet sized card that identifies health conditions that medics may need to know before giving you emergency treatment. The card lists any vital information such as ‘penicillin allergy’, plus your private membership number which will allow them to access your medical history via the internet wherever you are in the world. Only information you wish to disclose can be viewed and your details can not be altered by anyone other than you. Annual membership to the service costs £17.50 per adult, and £9 for children. For further info or to join Paramedicall click onto www.paramedicall.com or call 01273 224499.

Organ Donation Card

Today more than 6,000 people in the UK are waiting for an organ transplant that could save or dramatically improve their life but less than 3,000 transplants are carried out each year. Last year more than 400 people died while waiting for a transplant. One in ten people waiting for a heart transplant will die and many others will lose their lives before they even get on to the waiting list. By choosing to join the NHS Organ Donor Register you could help make sure life goes on. If you've not signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Register, you can do so by calling the NHS Organ Donor Line: 0845 60 60 400. Lines open: 07:00-23:00 (closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day)

Blood Donor Card

Give blood at a local donation session and you'll receive a blood donor card that not only lists your blood type and will quickly help identify the blood you required in an emergency, but by giving blood you could help save 000s of peoples’ lives. Enrol on www.secure.blood.co.uk

For further info about Paramedicall, contact:

Michelle Redmond on 020 8288 0849 / michelleredmondpr@yahoo.co.uk

or

Jackie Fletcher on 0870 2430758 / jackiefletcher@partnersinpr.co.uk