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Exceptionially Good Idea: Put Your Cell Phone On ICE

Dean

ICE, as in "In Case of Emergency."

A UK paramedic came up with this idea, and it's turned into a national campaign for the Brits--one that's making its way over here. It's such a wonderfully simple idea too: make an entry in your cell phone rolodex named ICE, and have that number programmed as your emergency contact number in case paramedics find you and you're unable to give them any information they might need to know about you.

Once in a while an idea comes along that makes you go, "Duh! Why didn't someone think of that before?" Brilliant!

(Via Publius Rex.)

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Steven Malcolm Anderson (www):

That's an excellent idea.

8.16.2005 5:03pm

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Jerry Kindall (www):

Even better -- put that information on a card and carry it in your wallet, like people have been doing for decades! That way paramedics won't have to know how to use every model of cell phone, and you don't have to remember to take your cell phone with you everywhere, either. Brilliant!

8.16.2005 5:23pm

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Dean Esmay:

People generally have all kinds of crap in their wallets and forget what they've got in there. I know I do. People in general don't have that problem with cell phones.

8.16.2005 5:25pm

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JoetheFarmer (mail):

The problem with that, as someone on a motorcycle forum I frequent pointed out, is that many phones can only store a number under one entry. For example, if I want my wife's cell phone to by my "ICE" number, then I can't have her in there under her actual name.

Now, if the cell phone companies wanted to start adding an ICE feature to their phones, I'd be all for that.

Another idea is that you can simply print your ICE number on a piece of paper, cut it out and tape it to your phone.

8.16.2005 9:12pm

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maggie may - labrat:

Geez, I was hoping you were going to tell me to keep the phone on ice and go out and enjoy myself where no one can reach me. :(

8.16.2005 9:56pm

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Publius Rex (mail) (www):

JoetheFarmer,

You can easily make ICE1, ICE2, ICEn entries.

8.16.2005 11:50pm

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Dean Esmay:

It doesn't seem all that hard to me to say, "okay, my mom's number is my ICE number" or "my husband's cell phone is my ICE number" and just forget about it otherwise.

8.17.2005 12:18am

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Chris Reid (www):

Or put your drug allergies and info on a piece of paper and tape it to your cell phone. Then remove the phone's battery and throw it into the ocean.

8.17.2005 2:09am

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JoetheFarmer (mail):

Publius -

That's not the point. The point is that if I want to have my wife as "ICE", I can't have her as "Kate".

8.17.2005 9:59am