Mobile phone
users are being urged to add at least one
additional entry to their cell phone contact
list - "ICE." ICE stands for In Case of
Emergency. This number should dial the
person in your family that can respond to
medical decisions if you are injured or
incapacitated.
If you have more than one person that emergency personnel can contact in case of an emergency, you can add additional ICE numbers to your list. Your primary contact should be listed under ICE, then you can add the other contacts under ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, etc.
After you program ICE into your phone, have your spouse, your children, your parents, and your friends do the same thing. If there are people in your life that you care about, they should all have ICE on their phones.
Follow these hints to get the best out of ICE:
If you have more than one person that emergency personnel can contact in case of an emergency, you can add additional ICE numbers to your list. Your primary contact should be listed under ICE, then you can add the other contacts under ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, etc.
After you program ICE into your phone, have your spouse, your children, your parents, and your friends do the same thing. If there are people in your life that you care about, they should all have ICE on their phones.
Follow these hints to get the best out of ICE:
- Make sure the person whose name and number you are giving has agreed to be your ICE partner.
- Make sure your ICE partner has a list of people they should contact on your behalf - including your place of work.
- Make sure your ICE person's number is one that's easy to contact, for example a home number could be useless in an emergency if the person works full time.
- Make sure your ICE partner knows about any medical conditions that could affect your emergency treatment - for example allergies or current medication.
- Make sure if you are under 18, your ICE partner is a parent or guardian authorized to make decision on your behalf - for example if you need a life or death operation.
- Should your preferred contact be deaf, then prefix the number with ICETEXT.
