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+ | metatag-description=(The SOS Card is a multi-lingual emergency ID with the most relevant medical information.) | ||
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+ | ==== The SOS Card ==== | ||
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+ | === Your life-saving, | ||
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+ | The **SOS Card is a multi-lingual emergency ID** with your most relevant medical information. With the same size as a credit card, it easily fits in your purse and | ||
+ | can be a big help for the doctors when you urgently need medical help, especially in countries where you cannot speak the local language. | ||
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+ | [[2019-ncov_leaflet|WHO declares end to SARS-2 (“COVID-19”) global health emergency. We recommend keeping the precautions unchanged.]] | ||
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+ | === What does the SOS Card look like? === | ||
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+ | The multi-lingual SOS Card is a photo card in the shape of a credit card, so you can easily carry it in your purse or wallet. | ||
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+ | The front side of the SOS Card shows identification features: | ||
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+ | (1) Name (in native writing) \\ | ||
+ | (2) Pronunciation using the international phonetic alphabet (IPA) \\ | ||
+ | (3) Date of birth (ISO notation: Year-Month-Day), | ||
+ | (4) [[en: | ||
+ | (5) Blood group and Rhesus factor | ||
+ | (6) User-name in OCR (for the reader pen) and as barcode (3 of 9) \\ | ||
+ | (7) Photo \\ | ||
+ | (8) 1/1: rarely, the emergency ID consists of more than one card; card sequence number \\ | ||
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+ | The reverse side shows essential medical information for the case of an emergency: | ||
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+ | (1) in the upper part: pre-existing illnesses, allergies etc. in English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian and Thai \\ | ||
+ | (2) in the lower part: current medication, the active substances are given as generic names and as CAS number \\ | ||
+ | (3) Via the web-site, using the user-name (given on the front of the card) and the Card Validation Code (CVC), all indications of this card can be retrieved in further languages. Furthermore, | ||
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+ | * It has bright signal colours so paramedics can quickly find it. | ||
+ | * It shows your name and your photo on the front side, so you can easily be identified. | ||
+ | * The name is also given in International Phonetic Alphabet, as it is important that the doctor can pronounce your name correctly. | ||
+ | * The reverse side shows all essential medical data in several languages. This way, the paramedics can provide best medical help even without computer access! | ||
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+ | === Do you love travelling in foreign countries and experiencing foreign cultures? === | ||
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+ | If so I am sure you already know the blessings of a credit card. With one of these you can get money from an ATM pretty much anywhere in the world in just a few seconds. | ||
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+ | **What about your medical history?** | ||
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+ | If you have the misfortune to suffer a traffic accident or if you are just taken by “Montezuma´s revenge” (traveller' | ||
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+ | The SOS Card is an international traveller' | ||
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+ | This multi-lingual SOS Card is a must for | ||
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+ | * Globetrotters | ||
+ | * Business travellers | ||
+ | * International holidaymakers | ||
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+ | === How can you get your own SOS Card? === | ||
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+ | - Get the questionnaire for your medical history via your local bookseller (ISBN 978-0956324030, | ||
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+ | - Send it back to The SOS Card Project team. You can [[https:// | ||
+ | - The SOS Card Project team will pick the relevant data, make your individual SOS Card, and send it to you. | ||
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+ | === Where can you get your own SOS Card? === | ||
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+ | The SOS Card Project cooperates with [[en: | ||
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+ | === You want to produce your own SOS Cards? === | ||
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+ | That's so simple: Become a member in The SOS Card Project! | ||
+ | [[en: | ||
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+ | === How can I help to translate and to improve this website? === | ||
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+ | You can help to [[en: | ||
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+ | === You have questions regarding The SOS Card Project? === | ||
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+ | Please refer to the [[en: | ||
+ | or [[en: | ||
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+ | === Let more people know about The SOS Card Project! === | ||
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+ | Tell your colleagues at work, your friends, your neighbours. It may end up to save their live! | ||
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+ | Please participate in our scientific survey about emergency pictographs: | ||
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