subject: Ice Emergency App How To Add Contact To Your Mobile Phone [print this page] Adding ICE, which stands for In Case of Emergency app, to your mobile phone or smart phone would be the right idea and this would be of great use particularly to elderly people since with the help of this sort of apps in the phone, the emergency personnel attending the owner of the phone can easily locate the next kin of the individual when there is something wrong in the health condition. Here is the simple guideline on how to keep the kith and kin informed with the help of ICE Emergency App:
First step is to open the address book on your phone and with the help of the speed dial function of the phone and ICE name of the emergency contact should be added like ICE John, ICE Dad. Then, it is better to keep the contact person informed about the same and they can also be encouraged to do the same. This will enable the emergency personnel to speed up the responses so that they can quickly decide on whom to contact at the first instance. You can also make use of an ICE sticker on your phone in such a way that they can easily identify that you have an ICE contact in the device. You can also have a medical ID on your wallet in such a way that the person first attending you in the case of emergency can keep in touch with your hospital with the help of phone number of the health care provider given in the ID card.
These emergency apps are available for smart phone under Blackberry, i Phone and Android and even for other smart phones as well. Even phones with Windows OS can download this type of app.
You can put a dash in front of the letters ICE in such a way that the people immediately finding you can easily get the number of your kit. Sometimes, the first finder might be sending you to the hospital and the health care provider might be in a position to take some decisions regarding your health in such a situation, only when you have an ICE contact, he can easily contact the person and get his/her permission in case an emergency treatment has to be given to you. Also, the medical professional can get details regarding your medical allergies if any so that he can prescribe you medicines accordingly and can save your precious life with the help of ICE emergency app.
