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Ever since the bombings in London, I've heard about putting emergency contact information on your phone in case something happens to you and they need to call your next of kin. I've also seen the traffic messageboards on the highway talking about it, too.
A British paramedic came up with the idea of asking cell phone users to input an entry into their cellular phonebook called ICE for "in case of emergency." Accompanying that acronym would be the name and phone numbers of the person who should be called if something has happened to the owner of the phone.USA Today
I think this is a great idea. There's no harm in doing it - you're just adding one more name to your addressbook. But if something were to happen, then any emergency personnel who respond will immediately know who to call, and they'll be able to know if you have any allergies or something in your medical history.
So take a couple seconds and put that ICE contact information in your phone. I've put in my dad's home phone#. I was thinking of putting in Dave's info, but if we were in a car accident together, it wouldn't help if my ICE info was his cell phone number. I know it's a bit morbid, but its true.
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Posted by Yano at August 24, 2005 11:17 AMHey girl! Thanks for the public service announcment! I emailed my family to see who would be the best point person since my parents are only in the county for half the year at a time. =)
Posted by: Leen on August 24, 2005 12:37 PMI have done this already! My fam from London actually told me about this info the day after the bombing so my whole fam here have their phones programmed.
Posted by: Valerie on August 24, 2005 01:21 PMThis is a GREAT idea. I'm gonna post this on my blog, too, but of course, I'll linkie lou right back to you!!
Posted by: Texx on August 24, 2005 06:52 PMI don't see why you couldn't put more than 1 ICE number in your phone - in case someone can't be reached at that moment.
Posted by: Claud on August 24, 2005 07:24 PMI had seen this on the news and put in 2 ICE numbers just in case one person couldn't be reached. This is a great idea!
Posted by: Pridey on August 25, 2005 05:23 AMClaud - you are suppose to put "ICE1, ICE2, so on.....So paramedics know who to contact first, then second, ........Hope this helps.
Posted by: Valerie on August 25, 2005 07:33 AMgot this one about a month or so ago. You can have ICE 1, ICE 2, etc. if you have several emergency contacts. I put in "ICE 1-Sister" so they know who they are calling. Still, what do they say when they call "um, is Sister there?" Hope nobody has to use this.
Posted by: Linda J. on August 25, 2005 11:55 PM
