What actually belongs on the sheet
Keep the list to what someone under stress can read in seconds: the 999 line, the nearest hospital's name and address (the real one, not just "the hospital"), your own numbers plus a backup contact if you travel often, and her embassy's Malaysia contact details. Add your home address written out in full, including a landmark, since a caller reciting an address from memory under pressure tends to leave things out.
Skip anything that needs a phone call to explain first. A policy number, a clinic's patient reference, or a relative's number back home belong in a separate file, not on the emergency sheet itself. The point of this list is that anyone, including a visiting relief helper or a delivery rider who happens to be in the house, can read it and act without needing you on the line.
- 999 for police, ambulance or fire
- Nearest hospital name, address and main line
- Both employers' mobile numbers, ranked by who answers fastest
- Her embassy or consulate's Malaysia contact line
Where to put it, and how to keep it current
A single physical copy on a wall does nothing if she is out with the children when something happens, so pair it with a photo on her phone and, if she uses a messaging app, a saved contact card or pinned message with the same details. The kitchen is usually the most reliable spot for the printed sheet since it is a room she is in daily, but choose whichever room she actually spends the most time in.
Check the sheet whenever a number changes: a new mobile plan, a change of clinic, a household move, or a new embassy address after she renews her passport. A list that was accurate a year ago but never updated is worse than no list, because it wastes time during the moment it is supposed to save.
Where this list stops and other guidance starts
This sheet is for physical emergencies and getting help fast, not for working through a concern about how she is being treated or cared for at work. If something about her wellbeing on the job needs raising with the people responsible for it, that is a different conversation with a different set of steps.
Keeping the two separate matters. A household that only prepares for medical or safety emergencies but has no idea how to raise a treatment concern properly leaves half the picture unaddressed, and the reverse is true too.