A friend mentioned the IdMe website some time ago and proposed that we get one with all our details on it. Well it could not have been more opportune. Three weeks after it arrived I was riding along Beach Road when my crank came apart sending me over the bars and head first onto the bitumen. Thankfully all my personal details were engraved on the IdMe wrist band and the ambulance guys were able to contact my wife and my GP who appeared at the hospital at about the same time the ambulance did. I never thought that this kind of accident would happen to me but it did and thankfully my IdMe tag was able to communicate when I was not. (John M., 37, Doncaster, Victoria)
I have been skiing for some years now. Every year the proliferation of snow boarders increases. Being a traditionalist, I am always fearful of colliding with a snowboarder. This winter it happened. The snow season had been the best for a couple of years. I had taken the day off work to head down to Thredbo for the day. All I remember is sitting on my rear end looking at the clear blue sky. The mountain rescue team took me off the mountain with severe concussion. They were able to contact my partner who alerted them to my pharmacological allergies. I was later told that I had collided with a snowboarder. (Josie F., 31, Clovelly, NSW)
As a female, my parents are always in my ear about not jogging and cycling alone ‘just in case’ something happens. Well it did. I was cycling home from work along the river. The next thing that I remember is the paramedic asking me for my name. Apparently I had swerved to avoid hitting a dog on a leash and took a tumble. All I remember doing was pointing to my IdMe wrist band. The owner of the dog read off my Mum’s phone number and organised for Mum and Dad to meet me at RPH. If I did not have my IdMe wrist band, I am not sure where I would have been sent and how long it would have taken to alert my concerned loved ones. Thanks IdMe! (Sarah L.,19, Cottesloe, WA)
I consider myself to be fit and healthy, training up to 15 hours per week. Following a three hour bike ride, I went for a run along a river track (Gardiner’s Creek path). Fifteen minutes into the run I started to feel awful and thought that I’d try to push through. As the run progressed I began feeling worse. I made it home in one piece, but a run that usually takes me an hour, took me over one and a half to complete. What if I passed out and lost consciousness? Who would be able to identify me? These things crossed my mind as I walked into my house to find my concerned wife and two kids. I’ll never leave home without My IdMe shoe strap again. (Joe K., 30, East Malvern, Victoria)
