Emergency medical tags

Does anyone know if emergency medical tags are archived anywhere?

 

Military issue or personal?

 

Do you mean the red metal ones that look like dog tags, e.g. "Penicillin Allergy"? If so, I suspect the answer is no-- We used to just print them up for the soldiers at the personnel office or the medical facility, without any paperwork or records.

 

The ones that were stuck on bodies in the field after they were wounded or killed

 

I doubt that is the sort of thing that would be saved let alone archived. I could see where an individual might save one, but they wouldn't serve much purpose once the individual was removed to a place where more thorough documentation could be made.

 

Thanks Tommy. This is pertaining to my great uncle, whom we've talked about before. I used Geoff from Golden Arrow and he was able to provide me with morning reports. It just said LWA August 11th, then he died the 13th. My biggest question is what wounded him. Guess I'll never know unless by some miracle I'm able to find a Vet that actually served with him.

 

I know what you mean. I was fortunate in that one of my relatives had saved the brochure from my great uncle's funeral. They had reprinted the letter that an officer of his unit sent to his mother explaining the circumstances of his death. I also had some small town newspaper articles which shed some light on his service, too.

I've probably suggested this before, but local historical societies can sometimes be helpful in finding info. In many ways, it's just another type of archival research. You may strike out, but you might also find something interesting.

 

OK, I think you are talking of casualty tags (also called emergency treatment tags or field medical cards)-- By regulation, when a soldier is wounded and treated by a medic, the casualty tag is filled out and attached to the casualty to serve as a temporary documentation of treatment given and evacuation status. I am not familiar with them being used for deceased personnel. The casualty tag is by regulation supposed to be filed in the medical record when the casualty reaches a medical facility, but in my experience, they were rarely so filed. If you have any access to the original medical records, you might find one, but I think it's unlikely.

 

Emergency medical tag
http://www.med-dept.com/articles/the-ww2-emergency-medical-tag/