Do you know what Blood Type you are?

[bj horn]

Is there any merit to stick all your pers.details ie blood gr,organ, donor next of kin etc to your top tube or is it better to wear an ICE bracelet?

[Li Mu Bai]

Is there any merit to stick all your pers.details ie blood gr,organ, donor next of kin etc to your top tube or is it better to wear an ICE bracelet?

If you are lying bloody and unconscious on a mtb trail alone, or on a street corner after a hit and run, most likely your cell phone will be stolen first.

Having some alternate personal details at hand for whichever good samaritan decides to assist, makes everything a lot easier

[Robbie Stewart]

The only thing I know about my blood type is that it is red, and HIV negative.

[Blokman]

A+ known courtesy of the SADF

 

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Same same.

My "Needle army story."

We went up to the border as part of Infantry School in '77. Five friends from school ended up in the same place. Our platoon gets ordered to the medic tent at Oshivelo. We have to know how to put in drips. Dr. grabs one of us, inserts a needle and draws blood. Ok , so now we know. No wait.

"Kry vir jou 'n maatjie." Orderly appears with a box full of syringes and needles. I struggled. After my 5th try my friend Danie told me that he's going to bliksem me.

Whole thing ended in laughter in the mess that evening.

 

Part two.

One day during deployment, a local, accompanied by a small child stands quietly on the side of our company base, holding out his hand . It's in tatters blown off. I take him to the medic tent and as it was Sunday I go back to my loopgraaf to listen to auntie Esme on Springbok Radio.

Medic calls me . "They want you back , you must put in the drip. His veins are flat and they can't get it in. Staff Schutte soek jou!"

My big mouth ,somebody got the wrong message. But you don't argue with Chris Schutte .

"Vetkop, sit in daai drip." He called everybody Vetkop.

I said a little prayer while trying to remember what the doc told us. First time , the drip started running . I went back to my loopgraaf feeling more than pleased.

Edited January 24, 2018 by Blokman

[V12man]

Is there any merit to stick all your pers.details ie blood gr,organ, donor next of kin etc to your top tube or is it better to wear an ICE bracelet?

Both - if you need to be extracted you will be separated from your bike.

 

Thinks you should really have on the ICE band:

A - your name

1 - Medical aid scheme and number

2 - ICE contact details - at least 2 separate ones

3 - Blood type - arguably not necessary because you will be typed routinely but does have some benefits - paramedic might call it ahead if really needed.

4 - Allergies

5 - any existing conditions - diabetes, pacemakers, known drug sensitivities

6 - Organ donor status and/or living will status/do not resus.... etc.

 

If you don't have enough space - leave out 3, 6

[Sean Faria]

I have no idea