Medical alert jewelry: Choosing the right medical ID

2: Your Personal Taste & Lifestyle

Since it will go everywhere with you, your medical alert jewelry needs to be comfortable, appealing, and appropriate. Discrete too, if privacy is a priority.

It's a matter of taste. If you like bracelets, get a medical alert bracelet. If you like necklaces, get a medical alert necklace. Similarly, if you wear lots of gold, opt for a medical ID that is gold or gold-plated rather than one made of silver or stainless.

If jewelry's not your thing, investigate a watch or keychain medical ID. The best medical alert jewelry is useless if it's stashed in a drawer because you dislike wearing it.

Consider how you spend your days. A tasteful gold pendant or bracelet segues smoothly from home to the office to a night out. However, a sports watch or beaded bracelet can beautifully compliment jeans and tee-shirt attire and may give your spirit a lift, as well. Think creatively. If no single medical ID works for you in all settings, perhaps get several--the important thing is to always be protected.

Your medical jewelry shouldn't embarrass you. It's quite possible to keep sensitive medical information private, yet available in case of an emergency. Both SOS medical alert jewelry and ID-on-Me bands enclose sensitive medical data within a locket, where it is hidden from prying eyes.

Privacy of medical information may not be of special concern to you. If it is, though, choose medical alert jewelry that provides it.