ID Bracelet

On our field trips around this time, Mikey wore his ID bracelet (as shown in the photos).  It was a velcro bracelet with a medical alert symbol. It held a plastic strip with Michael’s vital information on it. Mikey wasn’t generally a runner and I watched him closely when we were out, but it was just one more level of protection-just in case.

Of course, if you looked on amazon for something similar, the bracelet has a QR code that can be scanned. Still, I might also opt for a low-tech option just in case the internet is being fickle at your child’s moment of need.

There are also ID stickers that go in the bottom of shoes or attach to the tops of shoelaces.  You can program your child’s vital information into their communication app.  Regardless of how you do it, it’s not a bad idea to give First Responders a way (or a few ways) to identify your child and contact you or your spouse.

Even if your child can reliably say their own name, they may be frightened in an emergency situation and they may be too flustered to remember their last name, your phone number, their address…you get the idea. Better safe than sorry.