No an exclusively car related post, but an excellent idea I think you’ll agree..

We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this 'ICE' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign.


The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As mobile phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name 'ICE' ( In Case Of Emergency).. The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents there were always mobile phones with patients but they didn't know which number to call.


He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognised name for this purpose.

In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialling the number you have stored as 'ICE'. Please forward this. It won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest.



For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc

 

i have it in my phone...

ice... and the number is... 999

 

good idea

 

This caught on in 2005.

Not being funny but I.C.E I want the paramedic to fix me first before worrying about making a long distance call to my sister in Oz.

 

in birmingham you will have been robbed of your phone and belongings long before the emergency services arrive!

 

don't put it in you phone then

 

why cant they look for "mum" "dad" "work" ???

what happens if you know a drug dealer called "ice" or you work for a refrigeration company

good idea,,,,, thought up by people who have too much free time hence they think of all these pointless things that aint needed due to better ideas

 

 

Why does this read & sound very much like one of those "circular" emails that normally get sent to your works email address by every staff employee clicking the "forward" button and saying "pass it on"

 

For the same reason why you give your employer your next of kin number or when you fill the back of your passport in etc, you use the number of the person you would like informed first of an accident,
if you work for a refrigeration company then ya fucked unless you have an accident between 9am and 5pm.

 

also people are being told NOT to use mum dad wife etc as they can get personal info from them via text

 

Fpmsl!!

 

Yawn @ this rubbish popping up yet again, its amazing how these things manage to keep going round and round for so many years!

 

Both my parents mobile numbers and home telephone number are stored under ICE, had it that way for a few years, only takes a moment to edit it and I don't lose sleep over having it that way, its a good idea in my opinion.

 

I think youll find thats every city across the land now

 

I don't even have a mobile that I carry, too modern for me.
tabetha

 

I don't either, i still live in the 80s

Steve.

 

Blimey, this went round years ago! Has anyone ever heard of anyone using it?

 

i didn't know birmingham was advanced enough to have an ambulance service, let alone mobile phone technology

 

dancing to adm ant and level 42 yes

the idea is sound in principle, but i don't think it would work in the real world, mainly because who's going to be looking for your phone if you are sitting in a pool of blood?

 

If you dont like modern technology, I know the ideal ecu for you:

www.emeraldm3d.com

 

 

Don't get me started on those

 

Thanks for the advertising.
tabetha

 

it's an actual site?!!?!??!!?!?!?

i thought he was pulling our collective legs, just like c&b with the number plate link the swine

 

I'm surprised that the crap about "a confirmed virus by Microsoft will 'burn' you hard disc's zero sector" is still popping into my inbox every six months.

 

even if it was a useful thing to put on phone i wouldnt have anyone to put in the "ICE" list Just have a ICD (in case of death) section leaving everything i own to the state

 

it's easier to carry a donor card

 

Perhaps we should all put passionford.com under ICE instead of a phone number

I'm sure a select few would rather it was posted on the internet that they have just been mown down by a bus

 

that would only work on one of them internet phones so you can post "look at me, i've had an accident (with pictures) "

 

hang about, i cant store my missus number under ICE on my phone as i already stored the number,, it wont let me store the same number again with a different name ????

im gonna DIE !!!!!

 

hang about, i cant store my missus number under ICE on my phone as i already stored the number,, it wont let me store the same number again with a different name ????

im gonna DIE !!!!!

 

:UPDATE: good news, the missus has agreed to change her name to ICE

down side is if anything happens to ANYONE shes given her number to shes gonna be called in the case of emergency

 

look on the bright side, at least she'll be popular in about 70 years at the nursing home

 

hospital staff etc, its not meant to be there so the people on the scene of the emergency can ring your mam/dad before they commence working on your injured body, its to allow your next of kin to be called when youre at the hospital.

As with anything, if youre a twisty whinging cunt dont bother using it.

 

the amount of phones iv had robbed round here, i think iv single handedly kept a large sector of lozells/aston/handsworth up to date with portable technology

and a suprising brummie story for ya, a lad i know got knocked over by a bmw piloted by afghans down the races, and we watched in horror as a pile of africans ran towards his unconscious body to loot him, but he was in such a bad way even they felt bad, and put all his stuff back in his pockets for him! lol. hes ok now too, which is a bonus i guess

 

but are they going to be looking for "ICE" rather than "MUM" or DAD" though?
that's the question

lightweights

i recal a story of some bloke, who shall remain nameless to spare his blushes, who got done over by a few meanies who then left him laying on a park bench like a pissed up tramp, they even took his shoes and socks and bits of clothing to make it look more convincing