A while ago I discussed this with a paramedic and a nurse working in the ER. Both said that no medical information found on the patient/victim, unless issued officially and clearly belonging to the person in question, would be taken at face value.
That would be total folly. For some things, like blood type, certainly. Do not take that at face value. But I highly doubt anyone with half a brain would ignore medical information on a patient saying "I am severely allergic to drug XYZ" and turn around and give them drug XYZ explaining that away as "Well, the allergy alert info I found on the patient was
not official". It would take a special kind of stupid to proceed along those lines.
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