Safety Net Card
One page that speaks for you.
When you can't explain, the card does. Six questions, about five minutes, saved on this device only. Print it for your wallet, photograph it for your lock screen, or hand it to the person who holds it.
- About 5 minutes
- Nothing leaves your device
- No account
Your card
Fill it in. It saves as you go.
Tap a suggestion if writing is hard today. You can stop and come back; it will be here.
Your name
One line about you.
- You might see
- Your early signs, in your own words.
- What helps
- What has worked before.
- Call first
- Who to call, and their number.
- My team
- Your clinic or team, and their number.
This is how it prints. Wallet-sized when folded once. You can change or delete it any time.
Using it
Where the card should live.
Your wallet
Print it, fold it once, keep it with your ID. Police and ambulance staff look there first.
Your lock screen
Photograph the card and set it as your lock screen, or add your person as an emergency contact in your phone's medical ID.
Your person
Give the person you'd call first a copy, and tell them what you want them to do with it. Then they're not guessing either.
Your GP or team
Ask them to put it in your file. If you're ever brought in, the first clinician to open your record sees it.
The fridge
A copy at home means whoever arrives, at whatever hour, can read it in the kitchen.
Then build the plan
The card is the first part of a Safety Net Plan. The plan adds your triggers, your reasons, who to call in order, and your treatment preferences.
Questions
Things people ask.
Where does my card go when I type it?
Nowhere. It's saved in this browser, on this device, using the browser's own storage. There is no server, no account, and we never see it. Clearing your browser data will clear the card, so print it or save a photo.
Is the card a legal document?
No. It's information, written by you, to help the people who find you. It is not an advance statement, though it can point to one. Here's how advance statements work, and how to make one that is recognised where you live.
Do police and hospitals actually read these?
Often, yes, when they can find them. A wallet card next to your ID, or a lock screen, is what they check first. Clear, short, and in your own words works better than anything long. Giving a copy to your GP or team means it's in your record too.
What if I don't have a "person" to call first?
Put your team, your GP, or a service you trust. A peer worker or case manager counts. If you have no one right now, write "My team" and the state mental health line for where you live, and consider asking your team about peer support. The card is still worth making.
Can I make one for someone else?
Best done with them, while they're well, in their words. If that's not possible right now, you can draft it and offer it to them. A card someone else wrote about you, that you didn't agree to, tends not to be trusted by the person or by staff.