Thursday, July 05, 2007

ICE - In Case of Emergency


Have you heard of the idea where you put an emergency contact entry into your phone to make it easier for Paramedics/E.M.T.s/etc to find out who to contact for you in case of an emergency? Well here is the official website.

Don't pay good hard earned money to get stickers or forms or the like anywhere else! They have all of those and more FREE on this site.


Here are the basics...

You can make their job easier by adding an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under the label ICE with the names and phone numbers of people that should be called in case of an accident or injury. Simply put the acronym ICE before the names you want to designate as key contacts or next of kin ― creating entries such as ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.

By adopting the “ICE advice” your cell phone may help emergency and rescue services quickly contact a relative or friend ― which could be vital in a life or death situation. It only takes a few seconds to do. Responders at the scene will now know right away who to notify.