How To Set Up and View Your Medical ID

Did you know that if you are injured or lose your iPhone, that emergency personnel or a Good Samaritan can help you by looking at your Medical ID that you set up specific to your unique medical information and emergency contact list?

In the article, "Set up and view your Medical ID", Apple explains that your Medical ID shows information about you to emergency personnel, like allergies, medical conditions, and your emergency contacts.  Your iPhone and Apple Watch can display this information so that it's available for someone attending to you in an emergency and your emergency contacts can be notified if you use Emergency SOS via satellite.

Creating your Medical ID

1.  Open the Health app on your iPhone

2.  Tap your picture at the top right, then tap Medical ID

3.  Tap Get Started or Edit, then enter your information

4.  Below Emergency Contacts, tap Add Emergency Contact, then add your contacts

After an emergency call ends, your iPhone alerts your emergency contacts with a text message, unless you choose to cancel.  Your iPhone sends your current location (if available) and for a period of time after you enter SOS mode, your emergency contacts receive updates when your location changes.

5.  Tap Done

Tip:  To view your Medical ID from the Home Screen, touch and hold the Health app icon, then choose Medical ID.

Allow emergency services and first responders to access your Medical ID

The information in your Medical ID can be shared automatically during an emergency call (U.S. and Canada only), and also appears on the Lock Screen of your iPhone.

1.  Open the Health app on your iPhone

2.  Tap your picture at the top right, then tap Medical ID

3.  Tap Edit, scroll to the bottom, then turn on Show When Locked and Emergency Call

Note:  A first responder views your Medical ID from the Lock Screen by swiping up or pressing the Home button (depending on your iPhone model), tapping Emergency on the passcode screen, then tapping Medical ID.