Personal Emergency Response Systems

A medical alarm is an alarm system designed to alert someone that you require urgent attention.

It may call a neighbor or family member, or summon emergency medical personnel. Another term for a medical alarm is Personal Emergency Response System (PERS). Typical systems have a wireless pendant or transmitter that can be activated in an emergency. When the medical alarm is activated, the signal is transmitted to an alarm monitoring company's central station, emergency services agency or other programmed phone numbers. Medical personnel can then be dispatched to the home.

Elderly or disabled people who live alone commonly use or require medical alarms. In case of emergency the user can set off a call for help by a simple press of the alert button on a wrist strap or pendant, without needing to reach the telephone. An alert is sent to the monitoring system operator (which may be a public rescue service or a private security company) and the data of the affected person (address, medical condition, family contacts) are displayed.

Depending on the service and the type of emergency help required, relatives or neighbors can be informed. If necessary, health care services or personal physicians can be notified and emergency medical services can be sent to the residence. Some monitoring services also provide the client with a USB medical alert device such as the MedicTag USB medical alert device so that arriving emergency personnel can have immediate access to vital medical information.

With a personal medical alert system you have the power to summon help in an emergency twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. A P.E.R.S. Systems (Personal Emergency Response System) can mean the difference between life and death. Don't become a statistic; with today's medical alert technology you never have to be alone.