On Tuesday March 22nd, Middletown TRIAD will host a free registration program for the Yellow Dot™ project from 9am-11am at Water’s Edge Center for Health & Rehabilitation, located at 111 Church Street.
The Yellow Dot helps to save lives by providing a First Responder (Fire, Police and Medical) easy access to an individual’s vital medical information in a car’s glove compartment. The registration is a FREE service provided by TRIAD and is open to all Middletown seniors 60+. The Yellow Dot™ Program is sponsored by People’s United Bank.
To RSVP, contact Water’s Edge Center for Health & Rehabilitation on at 860.347.7286. Complimentary refreshments will be served. Those registering should bring information on current physicians and prescribed medications.
Triad is a partnership of three organizations; law enforcement, senior citizens, community and business groups coming together to address the safety needs and concerns of seniors in their community.
Nothing says "I have drugs in my car!" like a yellow dot.
ReplyDeleteAny program which helps the senior community is beneficial to our City. As a emergency responder (EMT and firefighter) we have always taught our communities to have their health information on their person so as to properly identify the individual and health issues. The yellow dot program leads away from that, and may cause some issues to arise. What happens if the vehicle is not operated by the person with the health issues? Does it target seniors by having a yellow dot on their vehicle?
ReplyDeleteThe Fire service ran into this issue with TOT Finders in the 70's and 80's. It was a great program which identified children's bedrooms for firefighters. What we found was people would move and children eventually grew up. The stickers however were never removed. It caused the fire service to rethink how resources were deployed, and the fact that a firefighter reacts differently to a child being hurt. Our approaches and training to residential fires changed calling into to account times of day, where the fire begins, and the likely hood of where the occupants are.
Any programs which assist the senior community are beneficial to our City. May I suggest Middletown TRIAD, Gatekeepers of Middletown and the emergency responder community meet to discuss this intervention. If I did not read this in the Eye, I as an EMS professional would have never known what the yellow dot was.