Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS)
A Personal Emergency Response System is an alarm system designed to alert someone that you require urgent attention.
A personal medical alarm is an alarm system designed to alert someone that you require urgent attention.
It may call a neighbor or family member, or summon emergency medical personnel. Another term for a medical alarm is Personal Emergency Response System (PERS). Typical systems have a wireless pendant or transmitter that can be activated in an emergency. When the medical alarm is activated, the signal is transmitted to an alarm monitoring company's central station, emergency services agency or other programmed phone numbers. Medical personnel can then be dispatched to the home.
Elderly or disabled people who live alone commonly use or require medical
alarms. In case of emergency the user can set off a call for help by a
simple press of the alert button on a wrist strap or pendant, without
needing to reach the telephone. An alert is sent to the monitoring
system operator (which may be a public rescue service or a private
security company) and the data of the affected person (address, medical
condition, family contacts) are displayed.
Depending on the service and the type of emergency help required,
relatives or neighbors can be informed. If necessary, health care
services or personal physicians can be notified and emergency medical
services can be sent to the residence. Some monitoring services also
provide the client with a USB medical alert device such as the MedicTag
USB medical alert device so that arriving emergency personnel can have
immediate access to vital medical information.
With a personal medical alert system you have the power to summon help in
an emergency twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. A P.E.R.S.
Systems (Personal Emergency Response System) can mean the difference
between life and death. A medical alarm system provides peace of mind
because, if ever needed, live help is just the push of a button.
Don't become a statistic; with today's medical
alert technology you never have to be alone.
