Medical info tattoo

[Hoppes No.9]

Have any of the you EMS/Fire/or even Military folks seen someone with a tattoo referencing their medical history, allergies, diseases, bloodtype etc...?

Would this info be helpful to EMS or emergency room staff after a person has either been involved in a critical or SHTF incident? Or would it be a waste of tattoo ink and time?

If helpful, my assumption is that the best place to put the tattoo would be on the torso. Of course, I've been wrong before.

[RyanNREMTP]

I'm no expert on tattoos but I'd figure as the person gets older, and more medical history piles up the skin would be harder to place more tattoos.

I'd be happy with a government issue highlighter as seen below.

[Hoppes No.9]

:laughabove: .....fair enough.

[MOTHERGREEN]

just get a necklace or bracelet.. golly

[Skintop911]

Originally posted by Hoppes No.9
Have any of the you EMS/Fire/or even Military folks seen someone with a tattoo referencing their medical history, allergies, diseases, bloodtype etc...?...Would this info be helpful to EMS or emergency room staff

I know of several folks who've had tats resembling medic-alert tags, with pertinent information regarding their condition or allergy. They are featured in the places you'd normally checked.

I know some military folks who have had a bloodtype-NKA tat on their arms or chest. More trend than function.

Helpful? If medic-alert jewelry became lost, it indeed could be.

[Shrike30]

If you're trying to pick a place that isn't your cheekbone or forehead, I'd say the left forearm/bicep would probably be your best spot. Given the layout of many ambulances, that's the first place a lot of EMT's go to try and find heart rate and blood pressure.