About This Project
MyMDband for Holocaust Survivors is a project that connects an innovative Israeli start-up with Holocaust survivors in Israel, by granting them with MyMDband's lifesaving medical bracelets, for free, for life. This is a fully non-for-profit partnership between MyMDband and United Hatzalah of Israel.
About the Bracelets
MyMDband’s innovative technology reduces the chance of medical errors and complications, while speeding up the time that it takes for emergency medical professionals and doctors to provide life-saving medical care.
Every MyMDband is custom coded to:
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Provide instant access to a person’s medical history, medications, allergies, and more.
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Automatically contact the person’s emergency contacts, alerting them to the situation.
Why Holocaust Survivors
There are nearly 200,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel today. Between what they had to endure in their youth and their advancing age, many of them have health problems that threaten their lives. 25% of them live below the poverty line, and many don’t have family nearby to care for them. All of them deserve our help. In an emergency medical situation, every second counts. The time it takes a first-responder to diagnose and render assistance can mean the difference between life and death. We are making it easier and faster for emergency responders and medical professionals to understand patients’ health history, conditions, allergies and medications in seconds. We need your help to deliver this technology to Holocaust survivors.
How Does It Work
We’ve partnered with United Hatzalah to set up each and every MyMDband donated to a survivor!
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A trained United Hatzalah professional will set up the band, connecting each bracelet’s unique code to the wearer’s medical history, allergies, and emergency contact information.
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United Hatzalah will visit the Holocaust survivors’ homes as often as once a week to monitor their blood pressure, sugar levels and medications, helping them live longer and healthier lives. With each visit, the medical team updates the online records with the latest information and shows them that people care about them.
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In the event of an emergency, when a medical professional or first responder sees the bracelet, they simply scan the code with any smartphone and enter a verifying security code (also engraved on the wristband).
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Within seconds, the medical professional has all of the information they need to provide the best treatment for the individual.
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The nearest United Hatzalah emergency dispatch center is automatically notified, as are the individual’s personal emergency contacts.
Why Are We Doing This
We all owe a debt of gratitude to the survivors of the Shoah. This is our way of giving back. At MyMDband, we are passionate about helping those who lost so much and have persevered to help the Jewish people rise from the devastation. The wristband and service normally costs $65/year—which our customers feel is well worth the peace of mind it offers to its wearers and their loved ones. Unfortunately, many Holocaust survivors aren’t able to afford that. If we had the resources, we would gladly give a free band to each and every Holocaust survivor. As a young startup, however, we need your help. That’s why we’ve partnered with United Hatzalah, and with their help we are providing the technology to holocaust survivors free of charge, with no ongoing fees. Every $36 donation covers all costs of initial setup, and we will donate our services, maintaining the bracelet and medical records for the entire lifetime (may it be until 120!) of each survivor.
About MyMDband
MyMDband is an innovative lifesaving medical emergency bracelet that speaks for you when you can’t. Backed by a sophisticated multilingual online system, MyMDband provides medical emergency staff with instant access to a patient's medical information when it is needed most. We are an Israeli start-up comprised of medical professionals, technology experts and patients who want to create positive change, and our proprietary technology is changing the way that medical emergencies are handled here in Israel, and around the world. Our goal is to provide better care, everywhere.
