I’m curious how many people have an ICE (In case of emergency) number programmed into your cell phone. Also, who’s number is it (family member, doctor), and has it ever been needed and/or helpful?
My wife, two daughters and I all added one to ours recently. Your thoughts?
yes, i do. I had it in my contacts on my old phone. my new phone has a specific ICE application on the phone, so i added my family’s numbers. and information that i’m diabetic.
I tried to program one in once, but my brilliant phone won’t allow one number to be programmed under more than one name. So, unless I want the ICE contact to be permanently branded that on my phone, it can’t happen.
I carry a MedicAlert card with emergency contact info in my wallet instead. That iPhone app is brilliant…
I have 3 ICE numbers available in my Verizon LG Env2. They are: my other half; my doctor’s office; my mother and sister (secondary contact). I also have room for 3 emergency notes. They include: medical conditions; medications (both prescription and OTC/supplements); allergies.
I have two issues with ICE implementation on this phone: (1) if the phone is unlocked, the ICE indicator doesn’t show up (OTOH, if you go to “Contacts”, the first item listed is “In Case of Emergency”); (2) when the phone is locked, the ICE notes fields are still editable (so an enemy could deliberately change them to make a FirstResponder give me something that could kill me).
I also replaced my cellphone wallpaper with Diabetes Alert wallpaper (it’s available in several sizes here).