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Hi Barbara and Hi all, you wrote.... This week, the subject came up of what people do if there is an emergency at home such as a fire or an earthquake, and you have to evacuate quickly. SNIP So, if any of you have solved this problem or have any ideas that would help, would you send them in and in the same note give me permission to print them out for sharing. Barbara, I have a three ring binder marked with my name and marked Information for Awareness / Assessment in Medical Emergency. This binder has a Medic Alert page, personal data page, immediate family phone number page, monographs for Sinemet & Tasmar (the meds I take), and plastic business card pages. The Medic Alert Page states my name, my blood type, my medical condition (Parkinson's), my g.p. & his phone #, my neurologist & his phone #, my medication (name, strength, dosage, timing,), contra-indicated drug list, allergies, & special medical instructions. The personal data page has my full name, phone #'s (home, bus., cell., pager, fax.) address (home) language of communication, date of birth, age, sex, Social Insurance No., Health Care Card No., primary caregiver, relationship, phone #'s, address. The immediate family phone no. page lists my family in order of contact in case of emergency, ie: daughter, daughter, son, sister, mother.......and lists their phone no's. (home, bus., cell. pager). The monographs pages are the Sinemet sheet and Tasmar sheet in my case. The business card file sheets have business cards for my G.P., my neurologist, my pharmacist, my dentist, my physiotherapist, the Movement Disorder Clinic, my optometrist, my employer, my trade union, and photocopies of my medical care cards. The intent is that this binder can be scooped up in an instant in any emergency and contains all the medical data should I be unable to speak for myself. There is also an emergency 7 day supply of meds in the refrigerator freezer and a card on the fridge noting that it is there. When we travel I take the binder and emergency meds. with us. If we were in a serious accident and hospitalized in a foreign country then this all might really come in handy. The whole concept can of course be adapted to any medical condition. I hope this is of some use............Murray [log in to unmask]