In Case of Emergency...

[ChristopherP]

East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of

Emergency (ICE) " campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon

Weston and in association with Vodafone's annual life savers award. 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". 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. It's so simple that

everyone can do it.

Please do.

 

[Ian]

Just read this on BBC news, seems like a good idea!

 

[gabriella]

It's a great idea and I guess could save valuable time in a dire emergency.

Also heard on BBC Radio 2 with Johnnie Walker this morning on the way to work.

I found a mobi on a beach in Cornwall last year and it took an eternity to reunite it with the owner. Most of us have so many names and contacts in our address books, although I suppose the other 'safe' option is to look for 'home'?? That is assuming that someone lives with another person.

Love

Gabs x

 

[.-=ManQ=-.]

I have received numerous emails about this service, which does sounds like a good idea, my only concern would be that a thief would then know the phone numbers of your family/next of kin.

I know the numbers would still be in there anyway, but still theres something a little uncomfortable about it.

I might just be a super suspicious bloke

 

[crazylegs]

Hmmmmmmmmm seems like a good idea on the surface...But there could be all types of underlying privacy issues and confidential information issues at hand over this one.....Needs thinking about....

 

[muckshifter]

This May Sound Harsh, But ...

In my case ... in case of emergency ... please call a Doctor.

Only bother my 'next of kin' if I'm DOA

 

[.-=ManQ=-.]

Hmmmmmmmmm seems like a good idea on the surface...But there could be all types of underlying privacy issues and confidential information issues at hand over this one.....Needs thinking about....

Im glad its not just me then !!!

Pluys now that moble phone viruses are coming of age, surely its not long before this could be exploited, especialy when you have a standard ICE in the phone book entries!

Personally, I always suggest carrying a donar card, this way if your still alive, your family can be contacted, otherwise if your dead, they can start chopping away straight away before you go off

 

[RedeyesUK]

I suppose the other 'safe' option is to look for 'home'?? That is assuming that someone lives with another person.

i hate to be picky, but....

why would someone that lives alone have their home number in their phone? i mean, who on earth are they going to call there?
(and how surprised would they be if someone answered )

sorry, i'll behave now....

but anyway, it's a good idea, i can't see privacy being an issue really, any more than it would be to have any other numbers stored in there.

 

[Cache-man]

It's a great idea. I'd rather run the risk of a paramedic being able to contact my next of kin than not putting it in my phone just in case someone nicks it and gets my next of kins number (along with all the others) and decides to ring it.
Weighing up the good vs the bad i cant see that many bad points that could realistically happen.

 

[RedeyesUK]

not sure what to think about this, but i just got this emailed to me:

>> Hello All,
>>
>> You know the email thats gone round saying put ICE then a contact

number

>> in case of emergency? Well don't do it cos....
>>
>> Be very careful with this one - although the intention is great it is
>> unfortunately phase one of a phone based virus that is laying a path

for

>> propagating very quickly. Passing it on is part of the virus
>> interestingly,such is the deviousness of the people who write these
>> things.
>> We have already seen the "second phase" where a program is sent as

part

>> of a ring-tone download that goes into your address book and looks for


>> something it recognises - you've guessed it, an address book entry
>> marked "ICE or I.C.E." or whatever. It then sends itself to the "ICE
>> list", charging you for the privilege.

 

[crazylegs]

It wouldn't surprise me....

 

[muckshifter]

oh gawd, another one ...

not sure what to think about this, but i just got this emailed to me:

Ignore the EMAIL ... the 'dork' is just following a HOAX

There is NO virus called ICE that is transmitted via phones

Email hoaxers are threatening a campaign to encourage people to store contact details in their mobile phones.

The ICE (In Case of Emergency) scheme gained widespread coverage in the wake of Thursday’s London bombings as word spread by email throughout the world.

People can add into the mobile’s address book ICE and the name and number of the person they would like contacted in an emergency.

But a subsequent email circulated by malicious hoaxers suggests that ICE is a type of mobile phone virus which accesses your address book and drains pay-as-you-go phones of its credits.

Matt Ware, spokesman for the East Anglian Ambulance Service, asked people to ignore the hoax email.

"I have been inundated with emails and phone calls from people worried that, having put ICE into their mobiles, they are now going to be charged for the privilege," he added.

"We would like to assure people that that’s not the case. Whoever began this second email chain is obviously a malicious person with way too much time on their hands."

http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/icephone.asp