I.C.E.

[Guest lightnix]

I just received the following e-mail from a friend and in view of events in London this week I thought I'd post it here, it sounds like a good idea...

 

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 " I C E " 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".

 

For more than one contact name use ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.

 

In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to easily find out who your next of kin are and to contact them quickly.

It's so simple that everyone can do it.

 

Pass it on to your friends and families.

[sam.henderson]

What a great idea, I wonder if it will catch on though across the UK?? They would probably need to advertise it heavily. Anyway still a good idea and I have put one in!

 

Sam

[Jivemaster]

They already look for "Home" "Mum" etc

[mikienorth]

Just amended my phonebook. Now reads: name (EMERGENCY 1) and so on.

A very good idea, looking for home or mother is a norm, it is something I did as a barman, but making a contact more easily identifiable is going to make life slightly easier for the person who makes that call. Should that call be needed, every little will help. I wouldn't like that job.

[Guest lightnix]

They already look for "Home" "Mum" etc

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I know, but what of those whose parents are deceased and live by themselves? Maybe not representative of the majority of people, but they do exist. This just seems like a good idea to create a standard system.

[Ben P]

Its had quite a lot of press round here as being based in Cambridge. The theory behind not using home/mum wsa that sometimes (stats show apparently) that lots of people dont save it that way in there phone. The emergancy services just want to type in ICE and the number comes up, not trying to guess what might be the right number.

[charlyfarly]

I have logged contact numbers under 'emergency'. Most of my work is done in Europe and I think the services would understand the word emergency rather than the acronym I.C.E.

[MikeR]

I received the same mail and thought "what a good idea" so I did as suggested and then got irritated every time the good lady rang and the phone told me ice was calling. Deleted the contact shortly after.

[KindredHyperion]

Yeah, "I.C.E" is quite ambiguous - it could stand for any of the following:

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  
• Inter City Express (Posh German train)
  
• Illinois CIO Exchange
  
• In Car Entertainment
  
• In-Circuit Emulator
  
• Insane Creators Enterprises
  
• Institute for Community Economics
  
• Institute for Continuing Education
  
• International Chess Enterprises
  
• Internet Commerce Exposition
  
• Islamic Center of England
  
• Iron Crown Enterprises
  

>_>

 

"Emergency" seems much better, particularly if you happened to be in Germany

[TomLyall]

Just add both emergency and ICE contacts then. Problem solved?

[MikeR]

Just add both emergency and ICE contacts then. Problem solved?

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Unless ICE can be spelled ZICE then no problems solved for me as the "I" being alphabetically prior to the first letter of the contacts name it will always take precedence on caller ID. Shame really it was a nice idea.

[TomLyall]

Just add both emergency and ICE contacts then. Problem solved?

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Unless ICE can be spelled ZICE then no problems solved for me as the "I" being alphabetically prior to the first letter of the contacts name it will always take precedence on caller ID. Shame really it was a nice idea.

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How about, you rename your other contact to ".Mum" or similar, most phones put symbols and numbers at the top alphabetically. A bit of an inconvenience I suppose, but worth it? Maybe...

[MikeR]

Theres a thought. Might give that a go.

[SparkySteve]

if you use a Nokia you may have a problem... if you enter the same number into the phone book twice under different names on some models it will refuse to recognise either name and just display the number everytime that person calls you.