Medical Journal

It's important to keep track of your, and your family's, medical history, especially for children and the elderly. You never know when a medical crisis will happen. Children are required to have certain shots to be able to attend school. The elderly may live out of town and you may not know what medications they are taking and who their doctors are. If you have one notebook to keep all of the information in, it will bless you when the need-to-know arises. A medical journal will help hospital staff in the event of an emergency, when your mind may not be clear with the answers that are needed. But, if you have written down the information and placed it into a binder, then assistance is in-hand. A binder is easy and quick to grab and take it with you. With a binder, it is easy to insert new pages when necessary. Have everyone in the family understand what the journal is and what it is for, even children will understand the importance. What do you include in a medical journal? Many things. This is just a partial list. Post a comment if you would like to add more.

--doctor appointments
--doctor's information (address and phone number of primary care giver, eye doctor, hearing doctor, dentist)
--prescriptions, vitamins and supplements
--emergency info
--biographical data
--insurance info
--basic tests reading
--surgeries
--hospital stays
--chronic health problems
--illnesses
--injuries
--family health history
--medical contacts
--organ donor
--blood group
--allergies
--medical needs