About the emergency contact information that made me realize through this hospitalization.

One of the things I realized during this hospitalization is the importance of having emergency contact information easily accessible. It's really inconvenient unless we have emergency contact information properly organized and easily accessible. In reality, so was it.

First of all, as a minimum, it's advisable to compile emergency contact information in my iPhone's Medical ID. I thought that even just including the relationship in the Medical ID would make things much easier. This time, I didn't have that set up, so I had to manually search for and tell the numbers of several emergency contacts one by one, which was truly quite time-consuming.

I also thought that it would be better to summarize in an analog state if possible. This time, I was conscious and was able to communicate by opening my iPhone, but if the situation is more serious than this time, it may be impossible to tell emergincy contacts to medical personnel (especially if I cannot unlock my smartphone). The ICU I was in this time was one of those places where we have to turn off electronic devices like cell phones (although I was allowed to turn mine on just to check my contacts).

Even if I just compile emergency contact information in analog form, it's another issue altogether how to carry it with and how to present it to someone when needed. If I am properly conscious, I can do in any way.

The most important thing is not to collapse, but it's also important to think in advance about what to do when it actually happens. That's the reflection of this time.

It's totally unrelated, but I can't update without an iPad or Mac here this website, so it's better to bring an iPad with me when I know I'll be hospitalized in advance.