A home medical alert is a system in which a panic button can be pressed to call for emergency help. The most often use of the home medical alert is in a situation where someone has fallen or injured themselves, or has suffered some type of medical emergency that prevents them from being able to get to a phone to make an emergency call for assistance. The alert system works wherever there is a phone line and an electrical outlet close by. You simply connect the console base system to the phone line and plug it into an electrical outlet. Once the system is on, you record a message and then program the emergency call numbers you want to be able to use. Make sure you test the connection and message. Then, you are ready to use your system.  Read more...