In Case of Emergency
Jul 24th, 2005, 06:29 PM
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In Case of Emergency
This appeared in today's e-mail:
"Following the disaster in London . . . East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In Case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston.
The idea is that you store the word "ICE" in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter 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."
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"Following the disaster in London . . . East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In Case of Emergency (ICE)" campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston.
The idea is that you store the word "ICE" in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter 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."
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Jul 24th, 2005, 08:51 PM
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Has the cellphone become more prevalent than a wallet? Having a piece of paper stuck in your wallet could be easier?? Esp. for a lot of Americans whose CDMA phones would not even work in most parts of Europe and Asia....
Jul 24th, 2005, 09:50 PM
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LOL, that is what I was thinking, the emergency info in ones wallet. I have a very small wallet. Where it snaps shut there is a window. In the window I have a card that reads "In Case Of Emergency" and then my family's name and phone number. But having the information in your cell phone would be good too. I just wonder whether puttin in Emgergency No. & the phone no. wouldn't be better istead of ICE unless the world becomes familar with the ICE term. And that could happen. Remember back when we didn't have 911, soon everone knew what that meant.
Thanks for posting this Robespierre, it is interesting. And if nothing else a reminder that everyone should somehow have an emergency number with them in case of an accident, illness etc.
Thanks for posting this Robespierre, it is interesting. And if nothing else a reminder that everyone should somehow have an emergency number with them in case of an accident, illness etc.
Jul 25th, 2005, 03:58 AM
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It just shows how mobile-phone obsessed we've all become. This message has been doing the rounds of emails in London for the past couple of weeks, with us all saying 'what a good idea', and not ONE person has suggested writing it on a bit of paper to go in your wallet!
Amazing, considering after the bombs on 7 July, none of us could get through on our mobiles anyway!
Amazing, considering after the bombs on 7 July, none of us could get through on our mobiles anyway!
Jul 25th, 2005, 04:23 AM
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LoveItaly : while it may be true to say that just about everyone in the world probably now recognises the phrase '911' in connection with the terrorist attacks on the US; I'm sure there are a lot of people who don't know that it is the US emergency services phone number, like 999 is in the UK. Even though I did know that before September 2001, it was months before I realised the coincidence & tied the two together, and still think of the emergency servides number as being said "nine one one" - which presumably it isn't ? Or maybe it's just me being stupid 
Jul 25th, 2005, 04:45 AM
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As Kate says, this email has been doing the rounds in the UK since July 7th. We were asked by our HR department if we minded doing this, and as I didn't, I put ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 into my phone as requested. The downside to this is that when a person who you've listed as as ICE telephones you (presuming they are in your phone book under their proper name)it comes up as ICE and not the original name, which I found a rather annoying, so I've deleted the ICE numbers! I have a Nokia phone.
Jul 25th, 2005, 10:24 AM
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Hi Caroline, yes I stand corrected about the 911 emergency number. I should have said in the US. Thanks for clearing that up. And so many have always connected Sept. 11th with our 911 emergency number.
Having emergency information in ones wallet is good but.....we had a dear young man that worked in the DA's office in our county who went to NYC several years ago. He did not return home. His family and friends were so panicky. Three days later it was discovered he was in the morque. He evidently had been hit over the head, his wallet, watch etc. stolen. The NYPD had no idea who he was.
All the NY hotel could tell the family was that he had not checked out. Complete confusion and extreme worry as you can imagine. And a heartbreaking end.
A good thing to do when travelling and checking into a hotel is to ask the hotel if they can put your emergency information into their computer system. I have had hotels do this but others have said it is not possible. If it is not, consider perhaps leaving a sealed envelope in your hotel room with the emergency information. Write on the outside of the envelope something along the lines of "Open in case of emergency only". I have never done this but in view of this thread it got me thinking that it might be a good idea. Also the hotel card put in ones pocket might be good too.
Of course, I cringe in saying this, but anyone that is killed by a bomb is not going to be Identified by either information in their wallet or information on the cell phone.
I do think in veiw of the world today that it is smart to register with the US. Dept. of State when going abroad. That can be done via their website.
May everyone have safe travels.
Having emergency information in ones wallet is good but.....we had a dear young man that worked in the DA's office in our county who went to NYC several years ago. He did not return home. His family and friends were so panicky. Three days later it was discovered he was in the morque. He evidently had been hit over the head, his wallet, watch etc. stolen. The NYPD had no idea who he was.
All the NY hotel could tell the family was that he had not checked out. Complete confusion and extreme worry as you can imagine. And a heartbreaking end.
A good thing to do when travelling and checking into a hotel is to ask the hotel if they can put your emergency information into their computer system. I have had hotels do this but others have said it is not possible. If it is not, consider perhaps leaving a sealed envelope in your hotel room with the emergency information. Write on the outside of the envelope something along the lines of "Open in case of emergency only". I have never done this but in view of this thread it got me thinking that it might be a good idea. Also the hotel card put in ones pocket might be good too.
Of course, I cringe in saying this, but anyone that is killed by a bomb is not going to be Identified by either information in their wallet or information on the cell phone.
I do think in veiw of the world today that it is smart to register with the US. Dept. of State when going abroad. That can be done via their website.
May everyone have safe travels.
Jul 25th, 2005, 12:23 PM
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Of course I know the scary headlines and events, and I live in New York myself, so risk goes with the territory.
I'm not opposed to precautions and lists and electonic advances are fine, Ijust don't see that the odds of terrorism disaster are any greater than they still are for traffic accidents or random crime. I too keep emergency contact info (and my living will and health care proxy) in my wallet. Phones don't always work, especially underground, and they do need recharging; pieces of paper in the wallet remain useful I think. Nothing wrong with belts plus suspenders, though.
I'm not opposed to precautions and lists and electonic advances are fine, Ijust don't see that the odds of terrorism disaster are any greater than they still are for traffic accidents or random crime. I too keep emergency contact info (and my living will and health care proxy) in my wallet. Phones don't always work, especially underground, and they do need recharging; pieces of paper in the wallet remain useful I think. Nothing wrong with belts plus suspenders, though.
Jul 25th, 2005, 12:30 PM
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I used a Sharpie to write emergency contact info on the back of my drivers license. I can't think of when I would be without it!
Also, my cell phone has names stored in it like Home, Mom, Aunt ___, Dr. ___ as opposed to ICE. I think my system would work well enough in case of emergency.
Also, my cell phone has names stored in it like Home, Mom, Aunt ___, Dr. ___ as opposed to ICE. I think my system would work well enough in case of emergency.
Jul 26th, 2005, 06:45 AM
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Someone said ICE was catching on universally ... well, it might be in english-speaking countries, but I donīt think that a lot of people would know what to do with it in Spain ...
BTW, the emergency number in Spain is 112, and you should know that if your providerīs network doesnīt work, there is still the possibility of using the other networks to do an emergency call, if they are available at the moment. I have used it a couple of times (nothing serious, only car problems), and we were really grateful.
Rgds, Cova
BTW, the emergency number in Spain is 112, and you should know that if your providerīs network doesnīt work, there is still the possibility of using the other networks to do an emergency call, if they are available at the moment. I have used it a couple of times (nothing serious, only car problems), and we were really grateful.
Rgds, Cova
Jul 26th, 2005, 09:49 AM
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A link to a recent article in the Washington Post about this subject:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071700879.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071700879.html
