Make a small decision table in prose with three columns: event, immediate action, and decision owner. For a delayed flight, the action might be to notify the confirmed contact, and the owner might be the traveler or support person. For a missed ride, the action must come from the agreed transport plan. For an unconfirmed facility arrival, the owner should contact the facility before proceeding. Avoid listing another treatment location unless that provider has separately reviewed and confirmed its own instructions.
Carry essential identification, itinerary details, and current contact information in a form available if the phone battery dies. Questions about medications, medical needs, or withdrawal concerns belong with qualified professionals before travel. Do not start, stop, change, or taper a medication based on travel advice. If anyone is in immediate danger, call 911. Living Longer Recovery should not be treated as emergency care. For crisis support, 988 is available by call, text, or chat.
- Delay, cancellation, lost-phone, and missed-ride responses assigned to named people
- Traveler knows not to appear at an unconfirmed destination
- 911 and 988 instructions separated from routine facility communication