Diabetes News Report - Diabetes Emergency Cards
Diabetics can now take away the stress and worry of 'what if' by carrying travel cards in the language of the country they are visiting.
Travel Translation Cards
In response to growing demand from customers with serious food allergies and other medical problems, SelectWisely now offers travel translation cards for medical emergencies and, in particular, diabetes emergencies. The new Diabetes Emergency card is used to communicate a serious diabetes condition, ask for a doctor or to be taken to a hospital. The card is a simple-to-use, easy-to-carry tool that travelers can keep in their pocket or wallet and use in the event of a medical emergency.
A Wide Choice of Languages
The new Diabetes Emergency card was developed for travelers visiting countries where they don’t speak the language. “Many people with serious medical conditions get nervous and fearful when traveling to a foreign country even if they have all their medical prescriptions and devices with them” explains Jim Ahlberg, President of SelectWisely. “Our cards provide an additional level of assurance that they will be able to communicate a few basic sentences to explain their situation. We offer translations in all the major world languages including Spanish, Chinese, German, French and Italian as well as less common ones such as Czech, Arabic, Hebrew, Hungarian, Nepali and others”.
A total of 24 languages and dialects are currently available for the Diabetes Emergency card from the SelectWisely web site.
Non-diabetes related emergencies
SelectWisely also offers a new general emergency card to be used by travelers with serious food allergies or others who want to ask for medical help or to be taken to a hospital. This is also available in 24 languages and dialects and can be ordered directly from the SelectWisely web site.
SelectWisely now offers travel translation cards in:
- 15 standard languages. (French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, German, Russian, Polish, 2 forms of Chinese, 2 forms of Portuguese, Japanese, Thai, Swedish and English)
- Over 40 different foods. (All the common allergy-producing foods such as nuts, peanuts, wheat, milk, shellfish, and eggs plus many less common ones such as strawberries, corn and soy)
- 11 types of cards in the following categories: o Food allergies
- Customized formats and languages through a Special Order program.
o Vegetarian
o Lactose Intolerance
o Gluten-free
o Diabetes Emergency
Contact Information: Jim Ahlberg SelectWisely 973-729-6538 http://www.selectwisely.com