Adding emergency contacts to your phone can make it easier for emergency personnel to find family or friends to call when you're unconscious or unable to communicate. The emergency contact was the brainchild of British paramedic Bob Brotchie, who recognized the importance of speed when emergency personnel needed information about a patient, or contacted a patient's heir. Adding emergency contacts can save your life, especially if you have certain medical conditions or allergies.
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Part 1 of 2: Adding Emergency Contacts to Phone
Step 1. Know who the emergency contacts are
Choose someone who knows all of your allergies or medical conditions, and can contact your family. Let the people you make emergency contact know about this, and make sure they know what information to share in an emergency.
Step 2. Add emergency contacts to the phonebook
Open the phonebook or contacts feature on your phone and create a contact with the name "Emergency Contact" or "ICE". After that, add the contact information of the person you chose as an emergency contact. Also add additional information about the contact, such as their name and relationship to you, in the Notes column or other unused fields.
Some people add a dash or space after "Emergency Contact" / "ICE", then add the contact's first name (eg "Emergency Contact - Inem" or "Emergency Contact - Casino"), so that emergency personnel know the name of the person they are contacting
Step 3. Add another emergency contact to your phone, just in case the first contact can't be reached
You can set the priority of contacts by giving them names such as "Emergency Contact 1", "Emergency Contact 2", and so on.
Step 4. Add emergency contacts on locked phone
If your phone is password protected and you are unconscious, the emergency contacts in your phone book are useless. Fortunately, there are now many apps available for Android, Windows Phone, and iPhone to add emergency contact information to your phone's lock screen.
- Find ICE or ICE lock screen in the app market on your phone to find apps that match your phone.
- Install the app, then enter the appropriate information. After that, emergency personnel can pick up the phone and access the emergency contact information even if he doesn't know your phone password.
Step 5. Add an emergency contact sticker to the back of your phone, helmet or laptop
Use an emergency contact sticker with fields for your name and phone number, which you can get at a doctor's office, pharmacy, or buy online.
- Make sure you fill in the contacts on the sticker clearly. To fill the sticker, we recommend using waterproof ink.
- Don't forget to update the information on the sticker if needed.
Step 6. Make your own emergency contact label for your cell phone with computer label paper or sticker paper that you can buy at ATK stores
To make these labels, you can also use waterproof tape and permanent marker. By creating your own labels, you can add as much information as you need, such as allergies and medications.
When the text on the label starts to become unreadable, don't forget to replace the label
Part 2 of 2: Getting Emergency Contact Card for Wallet
Step 1. Get an emergency contact card
Generally, these cards are available free of charge at doctor's offices, hospitals, and pharmacies. However, you can also download free emergency contact card templates online, for example on the American Red Cross website. Some types of emergency cards can also be filled out online, so you don't have to worry about bad writing.
Step 2. Include health information on the emergency contact card, such as blood type, emergency contact information, allergies, prescription drugs, or medical conditions
Carry an emergency contact card even when you are wearing medical condition reminder accessories, in case the accessories are lost or damaged in an emergency
Step 3. Fill in the card completely, then store the card in the wallet
Also carry the card in the glove compartment in the car, or in a gym bag.
- Runners or people who exercise outdoors can purchase ID tags at online or offline sports shops to attach to shoes.
- ID tags on shoes can also be used by children, who may not have a bag or cell phone with them.
- If conditions change, don't forget to update your emergency contact card.
Step 4. Make emergency contact cards for all family members, and invite them to use them
You can place an emergency contact card in your child's school bag, and in your grandma's or grandpa's purse.
