Editorial Standards

Our scope

We help people print and carry their own medical information for use by first responders. We write practical guides on what to put on an emergency card, who benefits from carrying one, and how regional emergency services work. We do not diagnose conditions, recommend dosages, give individual treatment advice, or replace emergency services. Anything that sounds like medical advice should be confirmed with a qualified clinician.

How we research

For health and emergency-services content, we cite primary, authoritative sources. Our preferred sources include:

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• National Health Service (NHS, United Kingdom)
• Mayo Clinic patient information
• American Red Cross
• Alzheimer's Association
• Government and official non-profit sources for regional emergency numbers (e.g. Punjab Emergency Service / Rescue 1122, Edhi Foundation, NHS 999/111)

We avoid citing other content sites that aggregate or reword medical information without primary sources of their own.

How we fact-check

1. Every medical claim is cross-referenced against at least two of: CDC, NHS, Mayo Clinic, NIA, or Alzheimer's Association.
2. Every regional emergency number is verified against the official government or operator source. We log the verification date.
3. If two reputable sources disagree, we say so explicitly and do not pick a winner.
4. We do not publish a number, dosage, or specific medical recommendation that we cannot directly source.

What we will not do

• Diagnose conditions or interpret symptoms.
• Recommend specific medications, dosages, or whether to take a drug.
• Replace 911 / 999 / 1122 / 112 or any emergency service.
• Pre-fill medical fields on the card based on guesses about the user.
• Sell, share, or transmit the personal information you put on your card. Card data lives only in your browser's local storage.
• Run lead-generation forms for insurance, home care, or similar services.

Update cadence

Every guide carries a Last reviewed date. We re-verify each guide on a quarterly cycle (every 3 months) and update the date when content is checked, even if no changes are needed. Country-specific emergency-number pages are re-checked quarterly against the operator's official channel.

Correction policy

If you spot an error — especially a factual error in medical content or a wrong emergency number — please email info@emergencyinfocard.com or use the contact form. We aim to respond within 2–3 business days. Confirmed errors are corrected promptly and we update the "Last reviewed" date.

How this site is funded

The card generator is and will remain free. We plan to fund hosting and ongoing maintenance through:

• Display advertising (Google AdSense), shown only on informational pages. Never on the card-creation flow itself.
• Affiliate links to relevant products (e.g. medical alert bracelets, pill organizers). We only recommend products we would consider for our own families. Every affiliate link is disclosed where it appears.

We do not accept paid placements, sponsored content, or undisclosed promotions. A product's inclusion is never determined by whether the publisher pays us.

Authorship

Content is published by the Emergency Info Card Editorial Team. We currently operate as a small, independent team and don't list individual authors. We'd rather be honest about that than invent personas. Our process (above) is what carries accountability: we cite primary sources, we date our reviews, and we publish corrections when we're wrong.