Need a Home Medical Alert System for Your Loved Ones? Experts say: Don't call 911.

Composed of a patchwork of agencies, protocols and outdated technologies, experts throughout the US agree that the traditional 911 emergency systems are in a crisis and need a major overhaul. They say 911 response times are growing, accurate patient information is not being transmitted to paramedics, and lives are increasingly at risk.

As lawmakers in California, Florida and other states consider a fundamental overhaul of their local 911 system, private citizens are turning to the private sector for more reliable emergency health care. They're hiring personal emergency response companies to do the job they feel the public 911 system can no longer provide - fast, informed emergency health care for their loved ones.

People do not have the same level of trust in 911 emergency care they did in the past so they are hiring companies like us to give them piece of mind, said Chris Kemp, co-founder of Medics SOS, a leader in medical alert systems and personal emergency response. Medics SOS is a subscription-based emergency care response system and an alternative to the traditional, government-managed 911 EMT system. A key distinction between 911 and Medics SOS is the Medics SOS Emergency Call Button which instantly connects a patient with a highly trained emergency medical team that already has the medical history on file and is able to provide urgent medical advice while paramedics are en route. Our medical team is not just communicating with the patient, they sharing vital information with paramedics who are rushing to the scene, said Kemp.

The emergency call button and instant availability of patient information are key advantages that Medics SOS has compared with traditional 911 emergency systems. These distinctions are convincing a growing number of people throughout the country to turn to the private sector for the peace of mind they can not get from 911 EMT systems, including Ann Cataldo of Stamford, CT. After reading about all the problems with 911, I looked for a more reliable emergency care solution when my father became ill, said Cataldo. "I wanted to hire an emergency care service that would treat my father as if he's part of their family." Cataldo hired Medics SOS.

Cataldo has been very happy with Medics SOS services, especially during an incident in which her father, Pete Gentile, fell to the floor inside his Stamford apartment and, could not sit up or even crawl to telephone to call 911 because of his injuries. But with the simple push of a button on his medical alert wrist band, a Medics SOS dispatcher was alerted, a local ambulance arrived within minutes along with Gentiles medical profile. During the two minutes it took the ambulance to arrive, Gentile received reassurances from the Medics SOS dispatcher, who spoke with him through a loudspeaker activated by his wrist band. "The Medics SOS dispatcher kept my father calm until the ambulance arrived and when they did arrive they had already received my father's medical profile from Medics SOS. You can't get this kind of support with a phone call to 911!" Cataldo said.

Cataldo is one of a growing number of residents throughout the country who have decided to hire a private emergency response company because they simply no longer trust 911 to care for their loved ones in an emergency.

To learn more about Medics SOS, visit the company's website at: www.MedicsSOS.com or call (877) 546-9777