AWARD YEAR
2023
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
medicine, social impact, diseases, Children's health, and care experience
COUNTRY
Sweden
DESIGNED BY
Medsbag
WEBSITE
https://www.medsbag.com/
Medsbag
The world's first speaking medicine backpack for children with medical circumstances.
How does it work?
Our one-of-a-kind backpack is designed to be your child’s constant companion. The Medsbag stores medication and is equipped with a recordable speaker, allowing any temporary caregiver, such as a teacher, babysitter, or coach, instant access to essential and potentially life-saving instructions:
1) Record your child’s unique medical action plan into the speaker.
2) Place your child’s medication and information in the bag.
3) Retain full control. You enter the recording and choose who has access.
Medsbag features:
- Can be worn as a backpack or as a shoulder bag.
- Made from 100% ocean bound plastic.
- Water resistant.
- Clear instructions and video links included.
An app will be launched soon which will record medical conditions and action plans in audio & text format, give quickly access the recorded emergency action plan, securely edit and track your child’s medications and monitor expiration dates, and invite your close ties and receive/notify in case of an emergency.
Why is it needed?
Several studies have shown that the life quality for people requiring emergency medicine decreases. Parents are often worried for their children and the children feel unsafe. This is due to today's emergency available situations. For example, when a child gets diagnosed, the medical act-plan is received in the form of an A4 paper. This is dangerous because in an emergency, a third person first needs to know of its existence, read, understand and then act. We are here to solve this problem.
How does it improve life?
Our one-of-a-kind backpack is designed to be your child’s constant companion. The Medsbag stores medication and is equipped with a recordable speaker, allowing any temporary caregiver, such as a teacher, babysitter, or coach, instant access to essential and potentially life-saving instructions: