In Case of Emergency

By: Mr. Wilson on July 12, 2005
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Here's an interesting idea hopping around the internet:
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. Please will you also forward this to everybody in your address book, it won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life. For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.
Snopes has the whole scoop. Snopes is a bit pessimistic toward the idea, but I happen to think it's not a bad idea at all. Creating a standard way to store emergency contact information certainly won't hurt anything, and its potential benefits are definitely worthwhile. One could also use ICE contacts to help return a lost cell phone to its rightful owner. It is very frustrating to find a cell phone and not have any idea which of the myriad contacts could help you get the phone back to its owner.

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