{"id":47,"date":"2009-09-14T21:28:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T01:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2018-05-11T06:32:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T10:32:12","slug":"medical-alert-pendant-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/articles\/medical-alert-pendant-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Medical Alert Pendant Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a 2009 article<\/strong> posted on News-Medical.net, Philips Lifeline<\/a> issued a safety notice to its subscribers alerting them of a potential risk of wearing pendant style medical alert buttons.\u00a0\u00a0 According to the article, Philips Lifeline<\/a> states that there have been reports of serious injury by some users of limited mobility, as their medical alert pendant can become entangled more easily in bed rails, and similar items.<\/p>\n

So how many people really give thought to the safety<\/strong> choices involved in choosing the proper medical alert button.\u00a0 I’m sure not many.\u00a0 Most choices are simply made with comfort in mind first, easy of operation second, and aesthetics third (not necessarily in that order).<\/p>\n

So if you have limited mobility,<\/strong> it would appear that you should have concern when bending over a sink and getting your medical alert pendant hooked on the faucet spout.\u00a0 Or maybe getting it caught on a walker or wheelchair, or even a pet’s paw could innocently get entangled in the medical alert pendant and cause injury.\u00a0 But what if you don’t have limited mobility concerns?\u00a0 Should you still have to consider the possibility of entanglement?\u00a0 The answer is most certainly “yes,” and here’s why.<\/p>\n

Although you may have enough strength<\/strong> to unhook yourself from a doorknob or get your cat’s paw untangled, you may not be able to easily remove a tangled power drill or power\u00a0 screwdriver.\u00a0 Or maybe your working in the kitchen with a blender and lean in a little too far and suddenly you can’t turn off the power switch and suffer injury in that way.<\/p>\n

Now our intent here is not to scare<\/strong> you away from using a medical alert pendant, but just to have you think a little more about your particular physical condition, daily activities, and hobbies.\u00a0 Medical alert pendants have a clear advantage:\u00a0 they can be used by either hand in an emergency situation.\u00a0 That can be a real life saving device if one of your hands becomes injured, or your arthritis handicaps you.<\/p>\n

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So what are your other options?<\/strong> They typically include the wrist button (or bracelet) or belt-clip button.\u00a0 Not all companies carry all models and some make you choose before you order.\u00a0 There are companies such as LifeStation<\/a>, that ships you one button that can be easily converted to all three options.\u00a0 \u00a0 That’s good for you because you can easily change your button style, at will. \u00a0 You may not really know how you will wear your emergency button when you first order a system, but it would be nice to know that if the medical alert pendant wasn’t the right choice for that moment’s activities, you have two more options right at your fingertips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a 2009 article posted on News-Medical.net, Philips Lifeline issued a safety notice to its subscribers alerting them of a potential risk of wearing pendant style medical alert buttons.\u00a0\u00a0 According to the article, Philips Lifeline states that there have been reports of serious injury by some users of limited mobility, as their medical alert pendant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[90,65,91,81,92,84],"acf":[],"modified_by":"ArticlesTips","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3192,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/3192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}