Life Alert Emergency Response

Patient took his lift chair upstairs. When it got to the top, he realized he didn’t have his cane. He got up and moved to get the cane, lying on the floor at his feet at the top of the stairs. He hollered for me and I came finding him lying on the stairs, face down and body followed. I did not waste time. I pushed the button for Life Alert. Keeping in touch with two responders, got [patient] up and on his feet. Thank God. Everyone had a job and they did it. He was banged up some, but not serious.

I fell in my living room and was unable to get back up on my feet. I used my Life Alert button and the operator contacted my local fire dept., who sent help within five minutes. The operator was very calm and reassuring, and stayed on the line with me until the firemen had me up on my feet and had ascertained that I was not injured. Although I was embarrassed at not being able to get up on my own, I was, and am, very grateful to the Life Alert operator and the fire dept.

I had been having excruciating pain in my left knee. After seeing the dr., she gave me a shot in my knee. She said to take it easy for two or three days. The first morning after, I decided I could do laundry OK. It exhausted me, I will be 90 in July. I fixed a cup of coffee and water, put it on my rollator walker. I fell in the living room - on hardwood floor. I pushed my Life Alert button. I knew I couldn’t get up. I wasn’t hurt as it turned out. I am thankful.

My husband was in the basement. I asked him to come upstairs but he was not ready. A half hour later I heard him on the stairs, so I went there. He was two stairs from the top, holding on to the railing. He was excitedly stated he was afraid he would fall backwards, down the stairs. I got him to sit on the stairs and got him back up the remaining steps and got to the landing. He was unable to stand and I couldn’t help. Called Life Alert and the fire dept came to help. Thank God!

I was in my kitchen one morning and all of a sudden I had excruciating pain in my chest and knew it was a heart attack. I have Life Alert’s unit in my kitchen so pressed on it and almost immediately it was answered. I told them the seriousness of my problem, they asked for my phone number and within ten to fifteen minutes the ambulance was coming down my driveway and in another five to ten minutes I was in the hospital being seen by the doctor who immediately started the surgery to put a stent in my clogged artery. I feel your Life Alert system and your employee saved my life. I’m also grateful for the fact that the hospital is only a very short distance from where I live.

I have fallen out of bed five times, out of a chair once, and on the kitchen floor once – and last of all – on the back porch. At no time do I recall any symptoms preceding fainting but I simply blacked out suddenly and woke up face down, unable to get up. I pressed my Life Alert each time and was rushed to the ER. Reasons for blacking out are not yet identified. Thank the Lord for the invention of your device!!

Promptly answered call and notified ambulance immediately. The operator stayed online with me and kept checking on the circumstances. When the ambulance arrived they confirmed their arrival. We have no complaints about Life Alert. Thankful we have it, thanks to our daughter.

My father became very confused and wouldn’t take his meds and thought we were trying to hurt him. He had a UTI that was severe. His doctor told us we needed to get him to the hospital. We called his Life Alert and they contacted the ambulance and police. Life Alert stayed online with us until they came.

I had a severe edema in both of my legs, which was very painful. About three am on July 23, I had dozed off in my chair. When I got up to go to bed, because of the pain, my left leg gave out and I fell with my walker. I pushed my Life Alert button. My phone was not by me at that time. When the phone rang, I couldn’t answer it. After about 20-25 minutes, the ambulance came. Thank God for Life Alert.

Fell in the bathroom. Used the Life Alert pendant. Even though I was a distance from the main unit, they were able to hear me and dispatched ambulance right away. Also notified both of my sons and one of them were here before they had me in the ambulance.