ICE (In Case of Emergency) on Cell Phones
The recent bombings in London gave a British paramedic an idea.
The idea was to put ICE -- In Case of Emergency -- numbers in cell phones.
If the cell phone owner had an accident or medical condition that prevented him or her from telling medical personnel the names of family members to call, the responder could simply look under ICE in the cell phone for the right number.
The ICE idea came from British paramedic Bob Brotchie after the recent London terrorist bombings. When Brotchie responded to bombing scenes, he often didn't know which phone number to call to get important information about the patient.
Brotchie thought it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for people to file next-of-kin phone numbers under in their cell phones, and the ICE campaign was born.
The campaign is growing. It's circulating throughout the globe, including into the Bay area, through the Internet.
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The recent bombings in London gave a British paramedic an idea.
The idea was to put ICE -- In Case of Emergency -- numbers in cell phones.
If the cell phone owner had an accident or medical condition that prevented him or her from telling medical personnel the names of family members to call, the responder could simply look under ICE in the cell phone for the right number.
The ICE idea came from British paramedic Bob Brotchie after the recent London terrorist bombings. When Brotchie responded to bombing scenes, he often didn't know which phone number to call to get important information about the patient.
Brotchie thought it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for people to file next-of-kin phone numbers under in their cell phones, and the ICE campaign was born.
The campaign is growing. It's circulating throughout the globe, including into the Bay area, through the Internet.
To read rest of article, go to here to read about ICE.
What a great idea, so the paramedics wouldn't have to sift through personal belonging to waste time for the victim, and just look under the ICE number catalog. 
That would save so much time for the victim, and the family members would be notified a lot faster.
