I C E = In Case of Emergency - A helpful suggestion from a reader...
A helpful suggestion from a reader...
I C E = In Case of Emergency
A BIG thank you to one of our readers, Howard Royster of RR Building & Repair LLC in Va Beach VA, who sent me some excellent info regarding cell phones...
A Cambridge(UK)-based paramedic has launched a national campaign with Vodafone to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their mobile phones.
Bob Brotchie, a clinical team leader for the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust, came up with the plan last year after struggling to get contact details from shocked or injured patients.
Now, while this campaign was actually launched in the UK, there's no reason why we here in the US can't adopt the idea! :)
Figure out who you'd like the rescue personnel to contact in case you are involved in some type of emergency and cannot tell the rescue personnel yourself who to call.
Enter the phone number of the person you'd want the rescue personnel to call but rather than entering the person's name, instead enter ICE or I C E.
The rescue personnel can search your contacts on your phone, find the ICE and instantly call that number. Voila! You're emergency contact person knows right away that you're in trouble.
If you have more than one emergency contact you'd like to enter, then enter the first one as ICE (or I C E), the second as ICE2 (or I C E 2), the third as ICE3, and so on.
Tip: Do this on your kids' phones as well!
Anyone who knows a fireman, policeman, paramedic, etc. - tell them about this so that they can tell their co-workers and spread the word.
Read more about this program in the UK
ps: There's been some concern voiced that adding ICE to your phone will allow bad guys to access your contact list in your phone, and/or that adding ICE to your phone will cost you. This simply isn't true, ICE is NOT a hoax nor is there a charge for it, so if you get an email claiming these things, just delete it.
I C E = In Case of Emergency
A BIG thank you to one of our readers, Howard Royster of RR Building & Repair LLC in Va Beach VA, who sent me some excellent info regarding cell phones...
A Cambridge(UK)-based paramedic has launched a national campaign with Vodafone to encourage people to store emergency contact details in their mobile phones.
Bob Brotchie, a clinical team leader for the East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust, came up with the plan last year after struggling to get contact details from shocked or injured patients.
Now, while this campaign was actually launched in the UK, there's no reason why we here in the US can't adopt the idea! :)
Figure out who you'd like the rescue personnel to contact in case you are involved in some type of emergency and cannot tell the rescue personnel yourself who to call.
Enter the phone number of the person you'd want the rescue personnel to call but rather than entering the person's name, instead enter ICE or I C E.
The rescue personnel can search your contacts on your phone, find the ICE and instantly call that number. Voila! You're emergency contact person knows right away that you're in trouble.
If you have more than one emergency contact you'd like to enter, then enter the first one as ICE (or I C E), the second as ICE2 (or I C E 2), the third as ICE3, and so on.
Tip: Do this on your kids' phones as well!
Anyone who knows a fireman, policeman, paramedic, etc. - tell them about this so that they can tell their co-workers and spread the word.
Read more about this program in the UK
ps: There's been some concern voiced that adding ICE to your phone will allow bad guys to access your contact list in your phone, and/or that adding ICE to your phone will cost you. This simply isn't true, ICE is NOT a hoax nor is there a charge for it, so if you get an email claiming these things, just delete it.
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