Today was one of these days when I had to realize how important it is that children carry an Id with them while away from home. I was at a one hour sports class with my daughter. I always stay with her since one hour flies by very fast and it's not worth it for me to go home during this time.
Other moms do it. Unfortunately today was one of these days when a little boy got hurt and the mom wasn't around. He tripped and fell on his chin. It started bleeding very hard. Another mom and I jumped in and took over from the coach to try to calm the child down and do first aid with wipes and tissues while we were looking around to see if the mom comes running... But no mom in sight... We managed to have someone run to the reception and tell them to call the parents. BUT the only information the coach could provide about this child was his first name. I never really thought about this, but when a facility looks for emergency contacts, they need to know the child's last name to look up the parent's information - Imagine this happens to your child!
You think the facility is prepared, you provide them with all kinds of paperwork and write down all the emergency contacts, but in a situation like this they can't access it because they don't know your last name!!
This little boy screamed for his mom and no one was able to reach her right away!! I really wish he had worn a SmartKidsID. These bracelets are so helpful! Any helper will know that this is an ID Emergency Contacts can be accessed in less than 10 seconds with a smartphone!
In this case though the receptionist was running around in circles and tried to asks other coaches if they might know the last name. Eventually they figured it out but it took at least 10-15 minutes and then another 10-15 minutes that the mom came back to the facility to take her little one to the urgent care.
This poor little boy was very brave but I wished we could have told him earlier that mommy is on the way.
SmartKidsID is such a great and fashionable solution for situations like this and many more. Id Bracelets and Shoe Tags are available for just $14.95 with no membership or any other fees at www.SmartKidsID.com/shop. Also on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/SmartKidsID-Child-Medical-bracelet-using/dp/B00ICA88S6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429208664&sr=8-1&keywords=SmartKidsID
Keep your kids safe! It's so simple : )
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