Active People - Do you wear ID?

Hmm... I never thought of it. I always have my cell phone with me, so I kind of think people could look there for personal info? I mean, a contact labeled "Mom" is a pretty obvious person to call in an emergency...but maybe that's a bit optimistic?

LOL, yeah or "Daddy's cell", or Gram.  I've never really thought about ID for me.  Maybe I should look into it??  It kind of makes me think something bads going to happen. 

I'm not necessarily an "active" person (ie, no marathons, etc) but I always bring ID when I am skiing or running - any time there's a chance I could be injured and unable to communicate, somebody should know who the heck I am at the very least.  Playing tennis or some of the other stuff, I don't think the risk is the same (unless I passed out from heat stroke or something.)  I'm also more likely to be with someone I know during those activities, so I don't usually bother.

But being on the road or in a slightly more dangerous activity, yeah, I have ID on me.

You brought up a good point for me. There is no cell phone service in my area so no sense bring my cell phone on walks and I never bring my ID, the dogs have theirs on though.

Kinda reminds me of the armband I had to wear when I was eventing (horses).  It had personal info as well as medical info, in case you fall and are knocked out.  Blood type, allergies, etc.  Good info to have available in the case you are unconscious and can't relay the info.  Or like the bracelets some diabetics wear.  I would think anything of this sort would be a good idea to have on your person.  You never know when you might be jogging along and get hit by a car, ya know?

I actually have a very rare medical condition that DH can't even remember the name of, it affects my skin so it is quite obvious.  So, I wear Medi-Alert type jewellry to advise any first responders/hospital staff how to treat my condition and what drugs I'm on for it.

Thankfully, I've never had to use it but Murphy does have that law...

I don't really have a need to wear anything, since if I'm out running, I've always got a dog with tags on with me. Altho, there's always the chance that if I keeled over of a heart attack, she'd take off and leave me . 

DH is the one I worry about. He runs and bikes every day and I worry that if something happened, it'd be some time before they'd know to notify me.

 I don't, but now I'm thinking that I should.  I rarely even carry keys and don't carry a cell either.  Walking 2 dogs, I don't want anything else weighing me down.  The RoadID thing looks cool but now that I've seen the shoe one, I realize I could probably just order a boomerang tag and attach it to my shoe the same way and the boomerang would cost alot less.  I wish fanny packs weren't so over () I'd carry keys, cell and ID in one of those! LOL!

Ok so your replies brought up some other thoughts of mine lol. 

I walk or hike with both dogs, but if I was hit or somehow incapacitated I doubt I could hold onto two leashes with freaked out dogs on them.  Not to mention that the info on their tags traces back only to me as my DH has a seperate cell and we have no land line and dogs can act aggressively when scared and prevent a first responder from reading info. 

^^All that means I doubt any of us should rely on dog id tags to ID us in an emergency.

I too looked at boomerang tags, but you know what?  They don't have enough lines or characters to put all my needed info on.  The first line barely fits my name, second line fits my city/state, third line fits "Husband (DH's name), final line fits phone number and I still have no way to list medical allergies. [:\]

I think I'm going to get a RoadID or something similar (maybe my *own* dog tags?!) - it's scary to think about what could happen!!!

 emergency response people suggest putting an "ICE" contact in your cell phone in case you are incapacitated, but have your phone with you...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/17/AR2005071700879.html 

i used to carry an ID card in my seat bag on my bike. the only problem is remembering to keep the info up to date. 

I actually ordered two boomerang tags for my kids--they each have a tag attached to an adjustable bracelet with their name, my and my husband's name, my phone number, and our city and state.  When we go on vacation (especially when we went to DisneyLand) they wore them.  Well, the Poppet wore hers, anyway.  The Balach wasn't even born yet. 

I wonder if I could get a sticker to put on the back that would have their ages and weights on it for emergency purposes....hm.  I've got all of that information in my wallet on ID cards for them if they ever get lost, but that doesn't do much good if they wander off and get hurt.  If I'm frantically looking for them, though, I would hope I would be in range with my cell and that I would answer it if emergency personnel had to call me.

Maybe I'll get my husband and I each a boomerang tag, too. *ponders how the conversation would go with G-- when I ask him to wear a doggie tag*
 

It really is something to consider. When I lived in Germany, a GI was out running one morning and collapsed and died of a heart attack. It took much longer than it should have to locate his wife and notify her. I'm not even sure how they did finally figure out who he was, but it couldn't have been easy.

(Not to dredge up an old thread, but I just recalled this...)

About 4 years ago, my BF's step-mother was walking her daughter's 4 month old Dalmation puppy.  She tripped over a rock, and took a header toward a steel fence post or something.  Her head hit the post and she was actually knocked out cold.  She estimated she was out for at least 20mins, because it was darker out and had started raining...and miraculously the puppy stayed with her.

Things happen, even when just out walking the dog.

Shoot, things even happen right at home.  My poor MIL was rushing out the door to visit my FIL in the hospital and slipped on the ice in her Maine home.  She shattered her hip and shoulder (like turned everything to POWDER!!!) but managed to crawl and pull her way in the doorway and start screaming for my SIL who just happened to be home only because her father was in the hospital.  I think she could have died if no one had been home, she went into shock pretty quickly.

Over the winter, I slipped on the icy deck and gave myself a lovely concussion.  I think I need one of those alert buttons!  LOL!

This thread has gotten to me.  Over or not, I'm going to start wearing a fanny pack or carrying a backpack when I walk the dogs.  I programmed ICE info into my phone and my daughter's phone and I'm going to carry my cell when I go which I hadn't done before.  My imagination just conjured up too many scenarios that I hadn't thought of before where I would need it when out.