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'Yellow Dot' stickers could aid emergency crews, drivers

A sticker in your windshield would alert responders of your medical history in an accident

April 10, 2012|By Dustin Hodges, KY3 News | dhodges@ky3.com

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Fast access to your medical history could mean the difference between life or death.  Now Springfield Representative Sara Lampe, is sponsoring legislation that could help emergency responders and you.

The program would allow people to put a yellow sticker in the rear windshield of their car;
that alerts emergency crews the person in the car has some sort of medical history that could be useful information to emergency crews; and to check the glove box.

Inside will be an envelope that has their medical information on it; whether it be what kind of medication that person may be taking or warning of a particular illness.

The program is voluntary; the department of revenue will decide how much it will cost motorist who want to participate.  Representative Lampe says the bill has already gone through the state House of Representatives and now has to pass in the Senate before it can be signed into law.

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She says it takes away guessing about a patients history and can speed up the process of getting them the help they need.  "The first responder sees the yellow dot and goes to the glove box and in the glove box is a yellow envelope that has medical information or contact information, and it will help that responders be better service to the individual that is in the accident," says Lampe.

If you decide to participate, you can buy the yellow sticker and envelope with your information from the department of motor vehicles.  They don't know yet how much that will cost drivers; but it is voluntary so if you don't want to participate, the program isn't costing you or the state anything.

If it passes both the House and Senate; it could be ready for Governor Nixon to sign by this August.  It has been attached as an amendment to three different bills; so as long as one of the three pass both the House and Senate; it will likely become law.

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