We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. 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 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 recognised 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 dialling the number you have stored as 'ICE'. 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. For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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I think this is rather a good idea...
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Or just ring any number - say whats happened and do they know the phone owners details - keep going until you get a response
or carry a credit card or diary with your name on.
elementary Watson
I understand that Brown Harman and Smith have an even better idea. We all have a chip in our head which gives us an electric shock every time we think of voting Tory
The problem with ICE1, ICE2 etc is that when that person rings you, that's the 'name' that comes up, so you have to remember which is which.
Of course you could label it for example ICE Mum, ICE Dad, but then surely any number with 'home', 'mum' or 'dad' or similar is the obvious place to start anyway.
Not thought through again. ICE = Institution of Civil Engineers of which I am a member and is coded into my 'phone as ICE.
Next.
And I thought people were against ID cards!!
Unbelievbly I am one of those that wants ID cards, in fact, a chip would be better!
Having an ID chip in your arm would stop the worry of forgeting your phone, good idea huh!
What abour the Mr and Mrs Ices of this world?
ICE Mum and Ice Dad would work but The Lolly, Rink and Cream families would get very confused
This is a fairly ancient idea. I first heard it doing the rounds years ago...
T England said...
And I thought people were against ID cards!!
Unbelievbly I am one of those that wants ID cards, in fact, a chip would be better!
Having an ID chip in your arm would stop the worry of forgeting your phone, good idea huh!
December 09, 2008 12:12 PM
Unless your arm gets severed in an accident!
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Been going for years this one. I think I heard it about 5 years ago. Good idea, though. I'm surprised the manufacturers haven't introduced it as a standard feature to make it easy to avoid your caller display coming up as ICE when your mum rings you. -- Worth noting that most phones these days let you put the same number in as multiple entries so you just put it in once as ICE and and again as Mum or whatever.
You should always keep your phone locked with a pin code anyway. That way if anyone nicks it you can't get charged for a bucketload of premium rate and international calls.
Anyway, that's what I always used to advise people when I worked for a phone company.
Unbelievable - someone actually wants to be implanted with a government chip!
unbelievable.
Let face it this is a pointless excercise to spolve a problem that does not exist.
It does indeed have a similar parallel with the principle of ID cards - there is no need for them as well.
I am a fan Mr Dale - but 2 dumb assed propositions in the same day...
The idea has been around for a few years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_case_of_emergency
"The problem with ICE1, ICE2 etc is that when that person rings you, that's the 'name' that comes up, so you have to remember which is which."
No problem, if your Next of Kin is 01234567890 then you enter something like 012345678901 as ICE.
What on earth are you talking about? You key it into your mobile phone, not on a chip in your body. Jesus wept.
Just try the first speed dial number on the phone!
Resorting to Blasphemy does you no credit Iain.
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