| "Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up!" We | | | | and make changes and updates as frequently as |
| all recall this poor, helpless lady who used | | | | they wish. |
| her emergency medical alert system to summon | | | | |
| help in the time of need. Fortunately, she | | | | The Medical-Data Service is especially |
| was able to receive help from an ambulance, | | | | beneficial when a independent living patient |
| and be transported to the hospital. But what | | | | is unable to communicate, or when a |
| happened to this frazzled woman when she | | | | knowledgeable family member is unavailable. |
| arrived at the emergency room and was asked | | | | This service fulfills a need for many older |
| to recall her entire medical history, | | | | adults in need of eldercare in our |
| including medications? MedScope America | | | | communities, especially for a senior living |
| Corporation, specializing in eldercare, is a | | | | alone or whose children live out of town. |
| company that has an answer to this question. | | | | Through the use of the Internet, it can |
| | | | provide coverage for anyone, anywhere in the |
| MedScope offers the medical alert system, and | | | | country. |
| takes it one step further, by making | | | | |
| customer's medical information available | | | | Even newer to date, is the development of |
| online during an emergency. This is a great | | | | MedScope's "Adaptive Technology". Their |
| benefit for senior care. | | | | latest undertaking has made the MedScope's |
| | | | personal emergency alarm response service |
| The process is simple. Once a customer signs | | | | available to individuals with physical |
| up for the medical alert system, they gain | | | | disabilities and impairments. An assortment |
| access to the Medical-Data Service. They can | | | | of specialized medical alarm buttons, |
| simply fill out the online form and print an | | | | switches, and clamps allow MedScope to create |
| ID card directly from MedScope's website. By | | | | custom-made medical alarm transmitters to |
| showing this ID card, physicians can log-in | | | | suit anyone's needs. As an example, a person |
| to view the patient's complete medical | | | | with limited function can still benefit from |
| profile. In an emergency situation, this | | | | a medical alert system by using MedScope's |
| service provides a patient's complete medical | | | | Sip 'N Puff Activator, which is a tube that |
| profile within seconds, avoiding medical | | | | clips onto one's shirt or wheelchair. The |
| errors that are caused due to lack of | | | | consumer can simply turn their head and blow |
| information. | | | | into the tube to activate the medical alert |
| | | | system. |
| MedScope's Medical-Data Service is included | | | | |
| (free of charge) with a customer's personal | | | | All medical alarm equipment is loaned at no |
| medical alert system. The Medical-Data | | | | charge (Adaptive Technology fees may apply). |
| Service was developed to assist in expediting | | | | The Data-Service is offered free of charge to |
| treatment to patients in the midst of a | | | | all MedScope customers. There is no shipping |
| medical emergency and to encourage | | | | or setup fees for equipment and no long-term |
| independent living. All online information is | | | | contracts. The only cost incurred is a |
| fully encrypted and HIPAA compliant. A | | | | monthly monitoring fee of $35. |
| customer can log into their own information | | | | |