Both my husband, Terry, and I wear our Road IDs all the time. While training, a few weeks before a race, he and three friends went out to do a ride/run brick.  As they were leaving thee starting po...

Earlier this year, I was out trail running with my friend and I suffered from a pulmonary embolism. Four blood clots were found - one in the lung - I suffered severe kidney and oxygen failure. I wa...

You never know when the unexpected might happen. I never thought anything "extreme" would happen to me. I was just 17 years old, walking my dog on a country road, when I was struck by a car and my ...

My daughter was participating in a criterium race for her university cycling team when she was in a serious crash. I'm so thankful for her helmet (which is cracked) and her Road ID. She was quickly...

I was involved in an accident while riding my bike. I was run over, dragged 40 feet and pinned under a truck. My injuries were very severe and I was not expected to live. When the people that came ...

As a nurse, I have cared for far too many patients “M or F age 133”. This is the code for “unknown”, a person found down or unresponsive with no ID and therefore unknown medical history, allergies,...

Earlier this year, my wife and I transferred to Buenos Aires, Argentina. bringing our Golden Retriever, Stella, with us. I elected to get her a new Scout ID with our updated cell numbers and her Mi...

I was riding my moped to the gym at 4:40am, on a pitch black road, going about 22mph. I heard a sound and something made me look up. I will never forget what I saw. It was a huge deer trying to jum...

Earlier this year, my mom, dad, and brother were visiting me from out of town. My brother is 25 and has Down Syndrome. He is verbal but can be quite hard to understand at times. In the middle of th...

I had a heart episode recently and my Road ID was there to help. I took an early lunch to get in a quick swim and it happened about 15 minutes into my set, my heart starting racing at a very high l...

A few months ago, I was in a roll-over car accident with my 20 month old daughter in the back seat. I was 6 months pregnant at the time. The way the accident happened, I wound up with my head pinne...

Both arms took the brunt of the force, although I also hit my head hard enough to get knocked out and have a slight concussion (even with a helmet). The EMTs were able to use my Road ID to call my ...