Be ready to speak without words
How can someone make emergency information available if they cannot speak?
Short answer
Prepare it in advance and keep it with you. Choose your emergency contacts and the information you want a helper to know, then carry it in a form anyone can reach within seconds, such as a scannable Safety ID on your helmet, phone, bag or gear.
1. Decide what to share
Think about what a stranger would need to know if you could not answer them: your name, your emergency contacts, allergies, medications, conditions and a Message to EMS in your own words. You choose what is visible.
2. Keep it with you
Information in a drawer at home cannot help on a roadside, a trail or a job site. It only helps if it travels with you, on the things you always have.
3. Make it reachable without you
A helper should not need your password, an app or an explanation. They should be able to find it, open it and read it within seconds.
4. Keep it current
Review your information whenever your contacts, medications or plans change. Out of date information can be almost as unhelpful as none.
How Scan If Hurt™ does this
Scan If Hurt™ gives you a Personal Emergency Profile and a scannable Safety ID, set up in minutes. You add the details you want to share, place the Safety ID on your gear, and update your profile any time. When someone scans it, they see the information you chose, can contact the right people and can share the location where help is needed.
Scan If Hurt™ helps bridge The Information Gap™. It does not replace 911, EMS or medical care. In any emergency, call 911 first.
Common questions
What should I put in my Message to EMS?
Keep it short and focus on what a helper or EMS most needs to know, such as a condition, an allergy, a medication, how you communicate, or who to call first.
Who can see my information?
Only the information you choose to make visible is shown when your Safety ID is scanned. You decide what to share and can change it at any time.
Does the helper need my phone?
No. The helper scans your Safety ID with their own phone camera, so it works even if your phone is locked, lost or damaged.
Close The Information Gap™ before it opens
Set up your Personal Emergency Profile and Safety ID in minutes, so the first person on scene can help when you cannot speak for yourself.
