Different Types of Medical ID Jewelry

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Medical ID jewelry, such as medical ID bracelets, medical ID pendants, medical ID dog tags and medical ID charms provide valuable information about personal medical conditions in time of emergency. Medical ID jewelry is worn by many people with diabetes, allergies to foods or medications, or other conditions affecting personal health. They enable medical professionals to know about these conditions when the person is unable to communicate.

Chart below illustrates available options for medical identification jewelry provided by idtagsonline.com. The first big group is Medical ID Bracelets. They consist medical identification tag and bracelet itself. Medical identification tag is made from Stainless steel, sterling silver or gold. Bracelet itself can be made as stainless steel chain, beaded bracelet or cuff style.
Second group is Medical ID Pendants and Necklaces. As medical bracelet identification tags they are manufactured from stainless steel, sterling silver and gold. Idtagsonline.com does not sell ID jewelry with the gold tags at this time.
Third group, which we identified as a stand along is Medical ID Wristband or Sport ID bracelets. Predominantly those are made from stainless steel ID tag and flexible, adjustable to any size Velcro  band. These are useful for sport activities and recreation.
Medical ID dog tags are one of the oldest medical ID jewelry. Made from stainless steel, sterling silver or even gold they have larges area for the engraving of the medical information. Also, our medical ID dog tags can be marked on both sides.

Types of Caduceus emblem is displayed on Medical ID Jewelry

There are many generic medical ID bracelets and jewelry tags available today,  but all of them are common in a way that medical symbol - Caduceus is displayed on them. There are limited number of manufacturing methods used to feature Caduceus symbol on ID tags. Those are: clear stamped or engraved symbol or stamped symbol with red or black colorations. This method is used predominately on stainless steel medical ID bracelets and tags. It creates durable impression and last infinite time on medical ID tags. 

The other method is attachment of caduceus enamel  emblem to the medical ID bracelet or tag by brazing, tag welding or high strength adhesives. It is used on all types of identification tags of medical ID jewelry. Third method is embossing of Caduceus on medical ID bracelet of id jewelry by casting. This method is utilized on sterling silver, regular silver or gold materials.

One more method is known is laser marking. This approach is used for stainless steel medical ID tags. It does not show a good results on highly polished and reflective surfaces and precious metals.

There are no right or wrong methods of medical ID identification. It all depends of personal preference of how to threat your own ID tag. Some people prefer highly visible medical tags. For them enamel emblems with red or blue Caduceus symbol will make a job.
For the others plain, clear medical tag gives more comfort and piece.

Some people prefer discretionally Caduceus symbols. For those engraved logo would be the best.

In any case all of shown above medical ID bracelets and tags are completely equal in achieving the final goal: to provide medical personal with special information about medical condition or allergy.