Emergency cards

In an emergency, you don’t always have the strength to explain your illness. An emergency card or sheet, always on you, lets healthcare staff know the essentials straight away.

What to write on your card?

A few details are enough: they must be readable at a glance.

Diagnosis

Your illness (and its type, for example hypermobile or vascular EDS), and important associated conditions.

Treatments and allergies

Long-term medication, known allergies and intolerances.

Precautions

What staff need to know: fragile skin, local anaesthetic that works less well, tube feeding…

Contacts

Your doctor or reference centre, and someone to contact.

Tip: print the emergency sheet, fill it in and keep it in your bag or wallet.

To download

Our cards and guides to print.

EDS emergency card Credit-card size, double-sided: print at actual size and keep it in your wallet (in French).

PDF · 105 KB ↗

Gastroparesis emergency card Credit-card size, double-sided: print at actual size and keep it in your wallet (in French).

PDF · 108 KB ↗

Fold-up emergency card Credit-card size: my conditions, my trusted person and how to communicate with me.

PDF · 509 KB ↗

Emergency sheet A summary sheet of useful information in an emergency.

PDF · 502 KB ↗

I’m going to A&E A document to keep to prepare for care in A&E.

PDF · 508 KB ↗

My sheet: Hospital stay A document to prepare and organise a hospital stay.

PDF · 524 KB ↗

Emergency numbers The main emergency numbers to keep within easy reach.

PDF · 489 KB ↗

Vascular EDS: a specific emergency card exists. Ask your reference centre for it (FAVA-Multi centres in France) and always keep it on you.

Need help now?

The association is not an emergency service. These numbers (in France) answer right away:

15 112 114
Medical emergency · 114 by text message for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or unable to speak
0 800 40 40 43
Maladies Rares Info Services (rare disease helpline) · listening, information and guidance (website ↗)
3114
Suicide prevention · illness, pain and isolation can sometimes become very heavy. Free support from professionals, 24/7, for you or a loved one.

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