"Medical data" can be one of the most forgotten and least used sections of the Health app. RFilling in this information can provide important information about you in an emergency. This data is accessible without unlocking the iPhone, so it is intended to be seen by a third party who needs it.
To encourage you to fill in the medical details, here is a tutorial on how to add them and what you should add.
The first thing is to go to the Health app and once in it go to "Medical data" in the lower right. We will press "Edit" at the top and we will fill in the sections.
Make sure you have "View when locked" enabled. This allows anyone to access your medical data, but, as we have said, in an emergency it can be vital that someone access them.
Name
The first section to fill in is the name, but it has a trick. We must put our name, but I recommend adding (since there is no word limit) your CIP or Patient Identification Code, which you can find on the National Health System card.
If you live outside of Spain, you have private insurance or any other type of medical coverage, put the corresponding affiliate number. This will greatly facilitate the task of identifying yourself as the name, sometimes, is insufficient. In addition, it is good to always have it on hand.
GALLERY
In many places we tend to use photos in which we are not recognized, but, in this one, perhaps, we should put one that makes it clear who you are.
Date of birth
The date you were born.
Medical conditions
Here we must put a list of those pathologies that we suffer. For example, being asthmatic, having high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, etc. It would also be good to put if we are smokers, or if we consume alcohol or some type of substance.
Medical notes
This data will be exposed without the need to unlock the iPhone, so we must weigh what we want to put and what not.
Apple's example is "Call Chloe in an emergency", something redundant, since we will have Chloe (with her number) in the "Emergency Contacts" section.
So, in case we want to put all the useful information possible, it would be the place to put those diseases and operations that we have had. For example, "operated for cataracts of the left eye in 87." It also seems the appropriate place to put a family history of interest, such as stroke or heart attacks in the family.
Allergic reactions
Always display we must make it clear if we are allergic to something. From latex, to penicillin, through lactose. As well as describing what happens to us. But we must always be sure that we suffer from such an allergy by doing the relevant tests, and thus rule out that it is an intolerance or something specific.
If we do not have any allergies, we must make it clear that we do not have it by putting "No known allergies" ·
Medication
We must include both the medication we take, as well as the one we may have taken at a specific time.
We will write the drug, the dose and the usual pattern what we have. And if, from time to time, we take a paracetamol or an ibuprofen, we can put "sporadic use of ...".
Blood type
If you know, write it down. Mine is A-. And, if you don't know, you can go and donate blood, they will tell you and also donate.
Weight and height
Although it may be a very intrusive question, it is important to put both.
Organ donor
I doubt that, when the time comes, it has some validity to put the iPhone if we are donors or not. The important thing is to make our preferences clear to our family in this regard.
Emergency contacts
We can put more than one (I have three) and, although their numbers and names will be exposed, it is one of the most important sections so I think it is in our favor to put them.
How to Access Medical Data on a Locked iPhone
If we want to see the medical data with the iPhone locked, it is assumed that it is not our iPhone, so we must press the Home button (or look at the iPhone X) and, since we are not the owner, we will jump the unlock screen with code. There press "SOS" and the emergency screen will appear where we can consult “Medical data”.
How to access medical data with Apple Watch locked
The procedure here is much simpler, we will keep pressed the side button and the option will appear swipe to view medical data.