And for safety

[silverthorne]

EMC's and your cell phone (also from a shared email)



Apparently this is a standard procedure all paramedics follow at the scene of an accident when they come across your cell phone.

ICE - 'In Case of Emergency'

We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory
but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to
our closest family or friends.


If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people
attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call.
Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact
person in case of an emergency? Hence this 'ICE' (In Case of Emergency)
Campaign

The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact
during emergency situations. As cell(mobile) phones are carried by the
majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a
contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under
the name 'ICE' ( In Case Of Emergency).

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the
scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but
they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would
be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose.
In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff
would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the
number you have stored as 'ICE.'

For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. A great idea that will make a difference!

Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile phones today!


Please forward this. It won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody
will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's
mind at rest. ICE will speak for you when you are not able to.

Comments

[ninjagaijin.livejournal.com]

Ummm...this is kinda old news. LOL

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

To you, maybe. To some, perhaps not so much. After all, I just heard of it today. ;)

[ninjagaijin.livejournal.com]

Understandable, though most cell phones manufactured within the past few years automatically have this built in. When you enter a new contact, the phone will ask whether you want to assign that contact as ICE.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

My Rumor didn't, and I just got it, what, a couple of months ago? So...it's no guarentee.

Never hurts to pass on safety info, anyway.

PS: where you been, and how are you doing?

[ninjagaijin.livejournal.com]

Weird.

Things have been really bad lately, and i haven't been online much.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Considering my dad had hold of it first and put his name and Grandma's in, it's possible/likely he'd already set that up and I just havn;t noticed. I'll take a look tonight and see. Because if it is standard now, it really would be weird for one of the 'higher quality' phones to not feature it.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Also, I am sorry to hear that. :/ *hugs* Hopefully it'll start shaping up (trite, I know, but I hope you know what I mean, too).

[ninjagaijin.livejournal.com]

I appreciate it. Things'll work out.