Medical alert symbol here in Finland

daftdog · Post by **daftdog** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:40 pm

Can someone tell me what the officially medical alert symbol is here in Finland. I've been searching online and asked a few friends, but they didn't know. I was thinking it would be the rod and coiled serpent like the US, but not sure. Is it the one on some ambulances

without the ssk.. ?

If it is, is it an open source (non copyrighted) for general use to all?

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onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:55 pm

First, please change you "underwritin", its huge.
I think snake on pole is understood in here as mark of healthcare but if you want something what everyone knows.
Red/white colouring and cross.

Official "road sign" for hospital.

Ambulance

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:00 pm

And i dont understand your "not copyrighted" question? Its illegal to pretend to be an official anything but you can use that mark on almost anything. Thats how i see it, im not sure tho but who can copyright cross what has been used by officials ages?

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:01 pm

onkko wrote:Red/white colouring and cross.

Official "road sign" for hospital.

Ambulance

And those are Red Cross' copyright:
"Kaikki muu punaisen ristin käyttö on luvanvaraista. Esimerkiksi sairaankuljetusajoneuvot sekä sairaalat ja terveysasemat, jotka antavat ilmaista apua, voivat käyttää punaista ristiä tunnusmerkkinään vain sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön ja Suomen Punaisen Ristin luvalla. Liikennemerkeissä voidaan punaista ristiä käyttää opasteena tällaisiin sairaaloihin ja terveysasemiin."

http://www.redcross.fi/punainenristi/merkki/fi_FI/

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:02 pm

onkko wrote:And i dont understand your "not copyrighted" question? Its illegal to pretend to be an official anything but you can use that mark on almost anything. Thats how i see it, im not sure tho but who can copyright cross what has been used by officials ages?

Welcome to the world with immaterial property rights... and to answer your question: Red Cross.

daftdog · Post by **daftdog** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:04 pm

onkko wrote:First, please change you "underwritin", its huge.

I don't understand what you mean by this onkko..

Otherwise, cheers for the info. I know that the red cross is "ensiapua" etc. I was wondering what the "official" logo/symbol was.. is there one on bracelets etc already in use?

I was asking if the image/symbol/logo was a copyrighted image etc. I don't think it is, but maybe a medical worker would have said you had to get permission to use etc.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:05 pm

Upphew wrote:
onkko wrote:And i dont understand your "not copyrighted" question? Its illegal to pretend to be an official anything but you can use that mark on almost anything. Thats how i see it, im not sure tho but who can copyright cross what has been used by officials ages?
Welcome to the world with immaterial property rights... and to answer your question: Red Cross.

Jo se vitun punanen risti joka paikkaan nokkansa tuuppaa! But when i think about it its understandable, they operate on military zones and want to keep it so militants (like they care) wont use theyr mark.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:06 pm

daftdog wrote:
onkko wrote:First, please change you "underwritin", its huge.
I don't understand what you mean by this onkko..

Two huge balls with finnish flags in your every post.

interleukin · Post by **interleukin** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:06 pm

Onkko's probably talking about your pictures of two blue/white guys, the ones that show up at the bottom of your posts.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:08 pm

daftdog wrote:I know that the red cross is "ensiapua" etc. I was wondering what the "official" logo/symbol was.. is there one on bracelets etc already in use?

Official for what? doctors? nurses? ambulances? healthcare in general? or what?

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:11 pm

daftdog wrote:Otherwise, cheers for the info. I know that the red cross is "ensiapua" etc. I was wondering what the "official" logo/symbol was.. is there one on bracelets etc already in use?

Google diabetes ranneke or epilepsia ranneke and check the pictures. Dunno how official those are, but certainly they are used. I don't know any "official" symbols on top of the red cross.

daftdog · Post by **daftdog** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:16 pm

onkko wrote:Official for what? doctors? nurses? ambulances? healthcare in general? or what?

If i was a diabetic and i wore a bracelet here in Finland, does it have a logo on it? I'm looking at medical alert products..

And my two balls (flags) are smaller (50 x 51 px) than your profile image.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:18 pm

I can tell you that that cross is official for anything doing for healtcare, its in road signs, ambulances, hospitals, healthcare.
Apteekki has

Doctors may have pin like this.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:21 pm

daftdog wrote:
onkko wrote:Official for what? doctors? nurses? ambulances? healthcare in general? or what?
If i was a diabetic and i wore a bracelet here in Finland, does it have a logo on it? I'm looking at medical alert products..

And my two balls (flags) are smaller (50 x 51 px) than your profile image.

Profile image is different than "underwriting", read rules.

onkko · Post by **onkko** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:24 pm

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