[Shotimes] (OT) In Case of Emergency

[Zach Leahy]

Ron would you forward this to the rest of the lists.

A bit of a simpler way to keep track of your info, and a bit more easy
to recognize by medical personell is a simple card that has your
emergency contact info on it, and can also have medical information,
and insurance information as well.  It seems that it is standard (from
what I have heard from EMTs) that they will look in your wallet for
such a card.  This has also been going about the motorcycle lists, and
I have gone with the following solution:  Attaches to your helmet.   I
plan to photocopy the card and put it in my wallet.

http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=MICS

Simply said, if you lock your phone, an ICE phone number is useless,
and as I noted before, EMT's are not going to sit there and figure out
how to get into a phonebook on an unfamiliar phone when they could be
treating you.  If your phone is tough to use, that adds to the
confusion, if you have it locked, off, or ran it out of batteries it's
also useless.  Looking in your wallet is easier, if it's on your
helmet, that's even easier still.  If it was an auto accident, you
probably won't have the helmet on.

Z



On 7/25/05, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> This has also come up in IT publications. Here's a link to eWeek magazine:
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> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1840164,00.asp
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> Ron Porter
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> From: Nick [mailto:nickhandres@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:08 AM
> To: wellesleylenox@yahoogroups.com; BoddaBing_BoddaBoom@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: ICE: In Case of Emergency
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> This is a great idea!!!!  Pass it on!
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> As a volunteer Fireman and Rescue Medic (and just a plain caring person for
> others) I'd like you to know that . . . . .
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> Paramedics will turn to a victim's cell phone for clues to that person's
> identity. You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they
> are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE.
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> ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contacts
> list in your cell phone under ICE, with the name and phone no. of the person
> that the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a
> lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly. It only takes a few
> moments of your time to do.
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> Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately. ICE your
> cell phone NOW!
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> Please pass this one along.
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