Car Seat Emergency Card

Good Afternoon Moms, hope you are already for the weekend.

I just wanted to take this time to share with all of you something that was brought to my attention by a nurse when my little guy was born, and that is a "car seat emergency card". If you visit this website: http://www.mypreciouskid.com you can find all different kinds of safety items to keep your child safe. You will find a child car seat id safety card and pouch that can be taped to your child's car seat, in the event you are unable to speak for your child the EMT's will know how to take care of them. For instance, I have my son's blood type, medical condition, medicines with dosage amounts and time of day he gets them and pediatrician information on mine.

Also I'm sure all of you do this already, but keep an index card in your wallet of your child's medical conditions, medicines with dosage amounts, surgeries and any other ER visits. If you have to go to the ER, all you have to do is hand that card to the nurse instead of trying to remember everything.

I was also told my last visit to the ER, that if my child is on any medication, to just bring that to the hospital, so you don't have to wait for the pharmacy to fill it.

I brought this information to my Down Syndrom Support Group, and every one of the parents thought it was a fanstatic idea, and admitted they never really thought about doing that before.

Hope this information was helpful. Would love to hear any of your suggestions of things you do.