Looking for a wallet card - if it exists, help me find it.

August 19, 2008 8:48 AM

Medical wallet card summary thing - is there one?

Hi folks,

Looking for a handy medical wallet card summary thingy for a family member with a lot of medications - something small enough to fit into a purse (doesn't have to be wallet sized). I'm aware of the Pocket Doc , which is great but doesn't have much space to write lots of medications down, and I want to put a list of her doctors as well.

Anyone aware of a product I can buy, or a template online that I can fill out I can whip one up in Illustrator?

Thanks! My Googlefu failed me and needs some coffee apparently.

posted by rmm to shopping (7 comments total)

Try these Google searches for medical history card and medical information card.
posted by davcoo at 9:16 AM on August 19, 2008

And if you could report back here what you find to be the best one that would be appreciated. Thx.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 9:46 AM on August 19, 2008 [1 favorite]

I summarized my med info when I took a recent trip out of the country by simply doing it in Word in two columns so it was on one sheet of paper. And I just put it with my passport. BTW, I decided to include all vitamins and supplements seeing how they can affect prescription interactions.
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 9:49 AM on August 19, 2008

My partner takes over a dozen medications daily. I keep a list in a spreadsheet, and change it as needed when the doctors change his meds. Basically, it's just one column each for medication name, dosage, and how many times a day (or other comment). When I print it out, it's still less than a single sheet and is easily foldable.

There's additional worksheets in the same file listing all his doctors and contact info and also all his past surgeries.
posted by Robert Angelo at 10:26 AM on August 19, 2008

Make your own in Word, and take it to a copy shop for them to laminate. Cheap, easy, and has exactly what you need (and want) on the card.
posted by deezil at 12:01 PM on August 19, 2008

i use index cards. keep emergency contact info, dr's name & number, medications, health insurance company & number, and maybe a few other things i'm forgetting. i have one in my car, one in my house by the door, and one at work. i'd not seen the pocket docs & might actually pick up one, but i can see what you mean about it not having much space to write.
posted by msconduct at 1:37 PM on August 19, 2008

Word, smallish font, packing tape on both sides to laminate. Instant redneck med ID card.
posted by CwgrlUp at 2:34 PM on August 19, 2008