About Crisis Care Services
Crisis Care Services was formed in 1988 to provide crisis intervention services to the public to decrease the trauma present at accident and death scenes. Dr. Terry R. McLaughlin is the founder, and has had extensive experience in training emergency service responders, school district personnel, and chaplains who support police and fire personnel. The Operation Identification Emergency Card program was developed in 1997 as an additional service to emergency service responders and to the public.
Parents and grandparents spend much time on the highways, transporting their children and grandchildren to and from child care and pre-school, school and recreational activities, church and community activities, to the grocery store or mall, and between parents and grandparents homes, to name a few. The Emergency Cards described and pictured here become invaluable in the event of a car accident in which the driver is unconscious.
Common Questions
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What makes Operation Identification Emergency Cards different from other identification cards?
A:
Operation Identification Emergency Cards provide police officers with 8 emergency phone numbers plus the home phone number which enable the police to find a responsible adult, which you have chosen, to care for the child which may be left stranded at the accident scene. They provide the child's complete medical history, helpful to fire personnel treating the child, if the child is also injured. Emergency Cards also provide the hospital emergency room staff with personal information about insurance, the family doctor and dentist, and any allergies, chronic illness, or medications the child may be taking - all printed in bright red.
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Where do I place Emergency Cards?
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Operation Identification Emergency Cards are only valuable to the police and fire personnel if they are found! Since officers are looking for the driver's license to identify the driver, adults need to place Emergency Cards next to the driver's license, never behind it. Officers will look for the license, but may not find these cards unless they are visible.
Operation Identification Emergency Cards are carried by adults for their child. Students in elementary, junior high or high school carry these cards in their back packs or wallets. These cards help police contact parents or grandparents in an emergency at school, on a school trip, or when students are riding in a car with a friend. Emergency Cards are also carried by adults who have personal medical histories which could be life threatening.