A Very Special Heart | Review and Giveaway
February 20, 2010 by admin - Jennifer
Filed under Featured, Giveaways
Company: Very Special Hearts, LLC.
Item Reviewed: A Very Special Heart
Item Given Away: A Very Special Heart
Start Date: February 20
End Date: March 6
A Very Special Heart is dedicated to providing consumers with the ability to take control of their personal health and wellness. The Very Special Heart and Globe have been designed to give any individual or family a powerful tool that assists in critical emergency situations as well as for day-to-day care.
A Very Special Heart™ software has been developed in partnership with FLASHealth, LLC, which specializes in software for the healthcare community. Our web services are powered by InterSystems’ Cache’ and Ensemble technologies, the same technology used internationally and by the top 10 hospitals in the United States.
Your Very Special Heart™ can be worn as a necklace or used as a keychain or purse clip (keychain/purse clip included). One side has an elegant filigree pattern, the other side – a smooth, contemporary finish. But it’s what’s inside this heart that makes it so very special.
Inside your Very Special Heart™ lies an incredible feat of engineering, which allows you to carry all of your Personal Health Records…and a dose of emergency medication. You can also carry all of your family’s health records and secure copies of important documents (passports, driver’s licenses, birth certificates etc).
This is the wallet ID card that is provided with each Very Special Heart™ and Globe. This card tells emergency personnel where you carry your Very Special Heart™ or Globe.
This card instructs emergency medical personnel to connect your Heart or Globe to a USB port to view your lifesaving Emergency Medical Information.
Why do you need A Very Special Heart?
In an emergency, Doctors and EMTs make crucial decisions about your medical treatment. These decisions are based on the best information available. Without reliable, detailed information, critical treatment maybe delayed…and this may mean the difference between life or death.
With your Very Special Heart™ or Globe there are no delays. When it’s plugged into any PC, anywhere in the world, your Very Special Heart™ software* automatically displays your emergency medical information.
Below is what your information looks like when it is plugged in to a computer…
My Thoughts
This is one of those products that has a lot of importance and that I wholeheartedly recommend everyone getting. It could be a matter of life or death. Ever since I received my A Very Special Heart to review and add to my I Love Tech Gadgets week I have learned the importance of it and have been making a big push for all the members of my family and my friends to get one for themselves. I do not like thinking about the worst case scenario but I do, and having this has actually eased my mind a bit about what would happen if I was unconscious in an accident. I am using mine as a keychain and have instructed medical personnel to look to my key chain for my medical information. I love this product and I am so happy to ave it now. Like I said I HIGHLY recommend A Very Special Heart to everyone!
Good news! I am hosting a giveaway for one Dirty Shirt reader to win their own Special Heart. Please see rules below to enter today!
Giveaway
- MAIN RULE – Go to A Very Special Heart’s website and find one other document you would like to put on your heart and come back and tell me in comments what it is. (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
- 1 Extra Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed or by email (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment.
- 1 Extra Entry – Follow me on Twitter (button in subscribe section on the right sidebar) and let me know your Twitter name in a separate comment.
- 1 Extra Entry – Tweet this giveaway. Copy and paste – @Jentifa is giving away A Very Special Heart! Check it out here http://bit.ly/9KGPrb. Then come back and leave the direct link to your tweet (go to your twitter account, click on the words when your tweet was sent (ie. 5 seconds ago) and copy and paste that link in comments.
- 1 Extra Entry – Become a fan of A Very Special Heart and leave a separate comment that you did.
- 2 Extra Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog.
This giveaway will run through midnight on March 6, with winner being announced the morning of March 7. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
I’d definitely put my medical release forms in it.
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Parental consent forms would be helpful too!
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this would be so great
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i would love to win this for my diabled sister. she has cerabral palsy as well as many other health issues. this would help her out a lot by showing what medications she is on and who to call in an emergency.
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Definitely medical release/parental release forms for myself and kids.
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Organ Donor information would be great!
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Medical release forms for sure. Also drivers license copy.
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Your Drivers License can be stored on A Very Special Heart. It can be password protected so that only you can have access.
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I would put my advance directive on there – copies of my holter monitor results, and anything that relates to my medical conditions. This is the best idea I have seen in a long time! Thank you for sharing this!
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I would put my personal documents like driver’s license and credit card numbers.
Great idea!
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parental release forms would be great! love this product.
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As someone who has had to wear a medic alert bracelet before this is a wonderful idea. I like it also for the travel documents or the passort info.
I would put my credit card in the heart.
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I must say this is the most amazing thing I have seen in a long time. what a fantastic idea~! I would add all the options. That’s what makes this little heart so special. I would love to have my important documents and my medical release forms not to mention my drivers license and birth certificate secured with me too. I wonder if you could also have a copy of your will on it too?? I love how they made it pretty to wear. The old medical alert bracelets and necklaces were so ugly. I think that’s why so many people never wore them. At first I thought they were great for women but how many men are gonna want to wear a heart then I saw that they have a globe key chain for the men which was wonderful. I’m suppose to wear a medical alert bracelet or necklace because I am allergic to penicillin. I did for a while but I just hated the look. My father goes in the hospital Tuesday to have blocked arteries bypassed to his legs. He has lot’s of medical conditions and a long list of medications this would be perfect for him to have too. He is 72 and I worry about him all the time.
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I’m a subscriber. When I received your email I just had to check this out. I still am so amazed with this review. I just sent my mother the link to this review. She is diabetic and should have one and definitely my father. My sister and I also could use this. I also sent the link to your review to my group online because I really think this would save lives and is really important.
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Thanks Again~!
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I would put major health records (tests etc.) on it.
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I love the idea of keeping your passport and drivers’ license info on it. Birth certificates would be good, too!
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I am a fan of Very Special Heart on facebook. I am Val Pearson on there.
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Something as important as this I just had to spread the word about your review and giveaway as much as possible so I just blogged about it here
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Thanks Again
med release
I’d want X-rays and MRIs
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I am allergic to penicillin. This would be just great to warn people if I am unable to tell them myself.
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My husband has diabetes. He needs medication protection too.
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The thing I’d like to put on it besides my medical records is that “I am an Organ Donor” another thing I’s like to put in it is “no BP needle sticks etc on R-arm due to breast cancer surgery” This is the greates thing. I just went through 3 hours of Pre-OP paper work for a surgery I’m having on Tues. I wish I had one of these with all my info on. It would have made things a lot easier.I’m pretty good about keeping my medical records, but this would make it so much easier.
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Organ donation information would be good to keep on such a device, but to me the crucial info is medications (like blood thinners) that emergency doctors would need to treat you properly in an emergency.
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I would like to put organ donor information. debsweeps4@yahoo.com
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all medical forms as well as drivers license
My daughter has some serious health issues and this would be a wonderful tool to have!! Another thing I’d put on it is her drivers license – she often forgets and looses things – so could be helpful!!
My will.
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I would want my x-ray info put on the “heart” because I have titanium implants in my cervical and lumbar spine, which always sets off a metal detector. Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway.
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besides my current medical info I would want to put Organ donor information on it. This would be so helpful, with all the meds (18 total) that I take , and all of my help problems with would be a God send. Thanks for the chance to win one.
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I like the idea of putting you Organ Donation info in it. I think being an organ donor is one of the best options a person can make in their life.
It helps so many people and is the right thing to do.
Great device, great giveaway, thanks.
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I like that you can have your DNR and advanced directives put in there.
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I’d definitly put my Organ donor info and Advanced directives on it, as well as med.info. As a Nurse in ICU I got to see 1st hand what heartache and havoc it causes in families when they have to make these kind of difficult decisions For ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER!
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DNR and passport info for sure! taxchyk(at) gmail (dot) com
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I had a Heart Attack exactly 1 year ago at 47 years. I’d definitely put my medical information.
Thanks so much for the offer.
Medical Release forms and information about my beloved cats (so that, if anything should happen to me, someone could go care for them).
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I would like to put Passports on A Very Special Heart
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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One document that I would include with my Very Special Heart would be a medical release form.
Never seen anything like this before…cool and practical. I would put my organ donor information on there.
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medical release/parental release forms for hubby, myself and kids.
Medical release forms are something that I would want on my heart.
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I liked Option 1 the public documents. I think it’s very important to have your DNR already made out if that is something you wish to have upheld. Option 2 is cool, too.
I have never heard of this thing, but now that I have, I’ll be thinking about my family and suggesting it to them. Thanks.
I would put medical release forms as well as my drivers license info on it!
This is such a great product!
i would put advance dir.and organ donation i wan one of thes
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I would like to put the Drivers License copy
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With all of the medical issues that my daughter has I would put as much as I could including “X-rays and MRIs – that may assist emergency personnel”
I would put info on aortic valve replacement I had done.
The first thing I’d put on my Heart would be a DNR form for myself and my husband. We know each others’ wishes and we’ve told our parents, but it would be awful to be in the middle of a court battle if one of us were incapacitated.
I would want to put my organ donor information
I didn’t see it listed but I think a shot record may be handy as well
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med release forms would be a big help
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i would keep my Driver’s license..i lost mine and actually need to get a replacemrnt at the dmv
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I would love to get the Globe for my hubby. He keeps a LONG list of current (and previous) medications,
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I’d put organ donor information as well as medical info. I’ve had gastric bypass and need to alert people to no INSAID drugs or no NGTube. I really need this and hope I win.
I know that sounds selfish, but I just can’t afford one right now.
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I am an organ donor and want that on there.
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I need this. My husband is a diabetic and is alergic to a few meds.
medical release form thanks
I would have DNR information included on my Very Special Heart.
I would like to put medical release forms on it.
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I would certainly put Organ donor information and DNR information.
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I would put my shot record on it.
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Medical release forms.
Organ donation information
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Organ Donor information!
The product like “A Very Special Heart” is a great idea but there are problems (at least in our area of the country). The hospital and EMS services that we use will not plug a device that has not been proven to be safe to their computer equipment (virus and malware free). I’ve asked the company that makes “A Very Special Heart” via …email to send documentation and possibly a sample product to the hospital and EMS services, but they have not replied nor have the agencies received anything. I our case, I have a family member that has a very lengthy medical history, med list, provider list and allergy list. Having to print, update, re-print time and time again for every visit and test gets to be expensive and time consuming. So someone needs to push this product harder especially in the hospital and ambulance services in every community to get it accepted.