Funeral Home Making Vitalboards Available To Help Save Lives

Sibley, Iowa — A local funeral home is partnering with a company providing a service that aims to help out during a medical emergency.

Andringa Funeral homes of Sibley, Sheldon, and Ocheyedan is owned by Larry Andringa, and he says he recognized a way to assist local first responders and medical personnel that could help save lives. He says it is called the Vitalboard initiative.

Basically, on one side, it’s a typical whiteboard for wet-erase markers. It has a Monday through Sunday planner, shopping list, note area and important phone numbers section. A wet-erase marker with mounting clip will accompany the board, which they want you to place on the front of your refrigerator door.

But on the BACK side, is an area for the resident to write critical health information. Vitalboard representatives say that this vital information includes questions taken from surveyed EMS / Fire / Police and ER staff and represents a portion of the required documentation needed in the event of a medical emergency. They say that this “need to know” information could help save a life if the resident is unable to speak or is otherwise incapacitated.

Homeowners are instructed to fill out this information as accurately and legibly as possible. A small weatherproof sticker is also included, which they want you to affix on or near your front door so that first responders know to look for the Vitalboard.

They say the EMT’s can then take the Vitalboard with them to the hospital. The Vitalboards are available at the Andringa locations in Sibley, Sheldon, and Ocheyedan.

Andringa also says you can download the Vital ICE App from your app store for your smartphone and enter in their code: #2230. He says Andringa Funeral Homes are making this potentially life-saving app available for free to download in the community as a way of showing their gratitude for allowing them to serve you.

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