Message from the Ambulance Service - ICE - In Case of Emergency Campaign*
Date Released: 19 June 2008
Message from the Ambulance Service
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If
we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people
attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn\'t know who to call. Yes,
there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in
case of an emergency? Hence this \'ICE\' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign.
The concept of \'ICE\' is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact
during emergency situations. As mobile phones are carried by the majority of
the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person
or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name \'ICE\' (
In Case Of Emergency). The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that
when he went to the scenes of accidents there were always mobile phones with
patients but they didn\'t know which number to call. He therefore thought
that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognised name for
this purpose.
In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff
would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialling the
number you have stored as \'ICE\'. *
Please forward this. It won\'t take too many \'forwards\'> before everybody
will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one\'s
mind at rest. *
For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc.
Regards,
Gerard Lane
MA, FRCSEd.(A&E), FCEM, MRCGP(Dist.)
Consultant in Emergency Medicine,
Emergency Department,
HSE West,
Letterkenny General Hospital,
Letterkenny
Co. Donegal,
Ireland