Have you got Just3words on your phone or a green bottle in the fridge?

Never heard of them here either. Here is a town of good size in Fife.

mousemac

Thank you for the explanation.
I've got a green bottle in my fridge - half full of some champagne we opened at Christmas, too expensive the throw away but not enjoyable enough to finish.

you really need to bin that

I have what3words on my phone, after attending a Biker Down course a few years ago, as we were told the emergency services use this to find locations they need to get to. Thankfully I have not had to use it but will keep it on my phone.
I have never heard of the green bottle scheme though.

Vintagegirl

I donated my mother's spectacles after her death to Specsavers who were collecting on behalf of Lions

In our area, it's the local Rotary Club which does that.

What three words was developed by three young men, one of whom lives in what I will always call my home.

I donated my mother's spectacles after her death to Specsavers who were collecting on behalf of Lions

Also in Ireland
lionsclubs.ie/service/message-in-a-bottle/

Sadly in the last year of my mother's life, there was a large yellow notice put up inside a kitchen cupboard advising that she has signed a DNR.... do not resuscitate.

Thank you for the explanation.
I've got a green bottle in my fridge - half full of some champagne we opened at Christmas, too expensive the throw away but not enjoyable enough to finish.

It stores more than just medical records. Next of Kin, contact details, allergies etc are recorded.

You would think that medical records could be accessed centrally but my brother went for an MRI scan recently and the technician wouldn't do it because he couldn't find out what sort of valve had been put in his heart. In the same hospital and only a few months previously.

I would think up-to-date medical information can be accessed immediately from your medical records. The thing in the fridge may not be up to date.

But there is asticker to put on the back of the main door explaining that there is a Message in a Bottle in tge fridge.

Franbern, a paper list on a notice board could bet burnt in the case of a house fire. As could hospital bags.

I hadn’t heard of the Just3words app until a few months ago when I had reason to phone the non urgent police number while out on a solo walk in a fairly remote location to report something of concern. It was tricky to describe my location. The police officer recommended downloading the app for future use and explained that when activated the emergency services can locate your precise location within metres. He suggested it was an invaluable safety feature that we should all have on our phones.

I have just spoken to a community nurse about the green container in the fridge, she had never heard of it. You would think as a medic going into people's homes she would have known if it was something a lot of people have.

I have heard of the lions but not the green thing in the fridge.

I don’t have the fridge container but was well aware, not through Leo’s but being medically minded.
Lions also have Leo for younger adults who also do amazing work themselves, I speak as a proud parent.

Joking apart we have a list of medications in our hospital grab bags but one on my phone would be handy as I have recently developed an allergy to an antibiotic I have had to take for years. It actually gave me an anaphylactic shock reaction and I had to go on a Friday evening to a Chok hospital, I should really carry the name of the one I can tolerate which I can't even remember.
Medical notes in the fridge would be a good idea as well.

midgey

These little pots/green bottles are not just for elderly people! There are many people who take important medication.

Did anyone suggest that?

These little pots/green bottles are not just for elderly people! There are many people who take important medication.

GrannyGravy13

Germanshepherdsmum

I have a green bottle in the fridge but it contains a rather nice wine …

Ditto

Ditto in fact one half from yesterday and one for tonight.

After trying to gather together medication for an elderly lady in my flats to give to the Paramedics when they needed to take her to hospital later one night, I made a typed list of mine, and where each is kept in my home. Added to this items I would require for a short hospital stay and that sheet of paper is in an envelope marked - 'In event of emergency admittance to hospital, please read', and on my Notice Board in my hallway.

You do need emergency info accessible on your phone too. Bottle in fridge no good when you’re out and about alone.

There is a form inside to fill in with details of your nefications, allergies, people to call in an emergency etc.

I seem to think I have seen these little tub things in the Chemist, I think you put a donation in a box and took one of the tubs and put you medication piece of paper inside it. I must ask at the chemist.

Or you don't have it.

But if your phone has run out of charge !!!