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July 28, 2005

Put ICE in You Cell Phone

You may have been hearing people talking about having an ICE contact in your cell phone following the recent London attacks, but don't know what it means. ICE stands for "In Case of Emergency." Below is a piece of a forward I received that decribes where it comes from and how we should all use it. I'm just trying to pass the word on so as many people know what ICE means and so we all have an ICE contact in our phones.

An ambulance paramedic who found that when they went to the scenes of accidents there were always cell phones but they didn't know which numbers to call and he thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name to file "next of kin" under.

Following the disaster in London . . . the East Anglican Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign with the support of Falkland's war hero Simon Weston. The idea is that you store the word " I C E " in your cell phone's Address Book which contains the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency."

In an emergency situation, ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's so simple that everyone can do it. Please do.

For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.

I hope you will all take this to heart and go put an ICE entry into your phone now. Please pass this info on to as many people as you can. It is a simple thing for everyone to do, but it makes no difference if no one knows what it means.

Posted by Andrew at July 28, 2005 3:32 PM

Comments

Posted by: James Pendegraft at August 3, 2005 2:51 AM