Owen Green Leather Medical Alert ID Bracelet - Personalised

In stunning bottle green leather sourced from the UK, the Owen medical alert bracelet is handmade to order in any size to both children and adults. The stainless-steel faceplate is attached with leather cord and features the international medical alert symbol.

The clasp is a lightweight coated hypoallergenic plastic. It can be swapped to the heavier stainless steel clasp (on Era and Forrest) just let us know in the notes section.

NOTE: The plastic clasp is suitable for those with a pacemaker. The stainless steel alternative has a small magnet and is not advisable if you wear a pacemaker.

Note: The clasp is stainless steel and magnetised so please let us know if you wear a pacemaker - we will change the clasp.

All our bracelets include:

• FREE PERSONALISED ENGRAVING
• FREE VELVET TRAVEL POUCH
• FREE UK SHIPPING
• FREE GIFT BOX
• FREE MEDICAL CARD X 2

The medical cards are useful if you have multiple conditions or want to add further details such as your GP, NHS number, full list of meds.

Bracelet Size

Please select your bracelet size from the dropdown list.

Note: This is the length of the inside of the bracelet when fastened.

Can my item be engraved?

Yes. We engrave on the reverse of the steel medical alert plate.

Up to 3 lines with maximum of 25 characters per line

The engraving plate is there for the essential, critical information paramedics, first responders and potentially even members of the public or schools need in an emergency. In the event of an emergency, the universal medical alert symbol on the front of your bracelet will alert medics to vital information. The plate is easily flipped over to reveal the engraving.

We suggest you include:

1. Your name
2. Any CRITICAL medical conditions, allergies or drugs that might affect how you are treated in an emergency (such as blood thinners)
3. An ICE contact number - preferably a mobile

ICE stands for 'In Case of Emergency'. Emergency Services are also trained to look for ICE contacts in your phone so make sure it's in there too. Both android and iPhones will allow access to ICE contacts even when the phones are locked.

Specification

• METAL TYPE: STAINLESS STEEL PLATE
• STYLE: WRISTBAND
• MATERIAL: LEATHER
• STAINLESS STEEL OR PLASTIC CLASP

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Who is my bracelet named after?

HUGH OWEN THOMAS (1834 – 1891)

Hugh Owen Thomas was an orthopaedic (bone) surgeon who came from a family of bone setters. He combined the secrets and traditions of this, often brutal, practice with his medical knowledge to develop new treatments and devices.

His most famous invention was the ‘Thomas splint’. It wasn’t until twenty-five years after his death that his splint became widely used, saving thousands of limbs and lives of soldiers in the first world war.  At the beginning of the war, most soldiers with broken femurs (thigh bones) died. After the Thomas splint was introduced in 1916, over 80% of soldiers survived this injury.