ICE - In Case of Emergency

ICE is a program that began overseas and was designed for emergency personnel to contact designated responsible parties in situations where a person was injured or incapacitated and a cellular phone was found with the victim. By having an ICE contact number (or multiple ICE contact numbers) programmed into your cellular phone, EMTs and other response personnel can now access vital information and quickly notify others of the emergency.

Now you can program emergency contacts into your phone for emergency personnel to contact in the event of an accident. It's easy:

Go to your "contacts" list or your "phonebook" on your phone.
Add a new contact entry with the name ICE - you can add multiple entries, for example ICE I, ICE 2 or ICE Doc (for listing your Doctor).
Place any number or numbers within this new contact entry that you would like emergency personnel to access in case you are involved in an accident or other serious emergency situation.
Be sure that any number that you place in the ICE entry is a reliable source to assist in making decisions if you are incapacitated. For example, a home or office number for an ICE contact may not assist you if your contact is not available at either of these locations when you need them.
For each ICE contact, you may want to ensure that your contact has a list of people to contact on your behalf - including your employer.
Your ICE contact(s) should know about any medical conditions, allergies or current medication you are taking that could affect your emergency treatment.
If you are under 18, your ICE contact should be a responsible parent or guardian.

Important Note: On some older model phones, your contact can only be stored once in the phone. This means that an existing contact may need to be replaced with "ICE". On many newer phones, you will be reminded that you have a duplicate entry if a number in your phonebook is stored twice, but both numbers under 2 different contact names can appear in the phone's contact list.