ICE, In Case of Emergancy...store contacts to SIM or Phone?

DOS · 09-06-2006, 14:16

Does anyone know whether you should put ICE contacts on to the SIM card, or store it in the phone?

Thanks for your help

DOS

Sarah04 · 09-06-2006, 14:19

what is ICE?

The Alchemist · 09-06-2006, 14:31

"In Case of Emergancy". You put 'ICE' in front of anyones names on your phone who you would call in an emergancy.
If you were in an accident, the paramedics/nurses would type 'ICE' on your phone, so they can quickly call the right person, without all the hassle of meddling through your phone.

SIM or Phone? Im not sure but mines saved to my SIM. I don't think it really matters to be honest!

Mad Pixie · 09-06-2006, 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Alchemist

"In Case of Emergancy". You put 'ICE' in front of anyones names on your phone who you would call in an emergancy.
If you were in an accident, the paramedics/nurses would type 'ICE' on your phone, so they can quickly call the right person, without all the hassle of meddling through your phone.

SIM or Phone? Im not sure but mines saved to my SIM. I don't think it really matters to be honest!

Why don't you put it on Sim & Phone?

Edit: Sorry that should have been directed at DOS!

The Alchemist · 09-06-2006, 14:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by madpixie2

Why don't you put it on Sim & Phone?

Edit: Sorry that should have been directed at DOS!

Lol, no probs!

ianx · 09-06-2006, 14:41

Just make sure they don't call you methamphetamine dealer by mistake.

Crashed · 09-06-2006, 14:49

SIM has more chance of surviving, where
as the phone might be cabbaged after
certain accidents... logic!!

DOS · 09-06-2006, 14:50

Thanks for the replies...think i'll just leave it on the sim where it is...

DOS

edit-good point crashed...

Chie · 09-06-2006, 15:01

I have my important contacts saved on handset and SIM. Didn't know about the ICE thing. Will do that now

Pjmulholland · 09-06-2006, 16:33

"ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find your relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases.

Kev_Akas · 09-06-2006, 16:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pjmulholland

"ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find you relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases.

Or by looking for mam, dad, uncle x, nana x, aunt x in your phone, or seeing who is in the list of last dialled.

pjb007 · 09-06-2006, 16:36

If you press 1# it picks the first number stored 2# the second and so on.

Or at least my Motorola did and today my Siemens does the same.

ianx · 09-06-2006, 16:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pjmulholland

"ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find your relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases.

Really? This page seems to suggest it is genuine. Are you confusing things with the ICE hoax email?

chris2k2 · 09-06-2006, 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kev_Akas

Or by looking for mam, dad, uncle x, nana x, aunt x in your phone, or seeing who is in the list of last dialled.

This is what they did when my sister was rat arsed lol.

Got her phone & called 'Home'.

I've never heard of ICE neither.

I just have Mum that will do.

Finglonga · 09-06-2006, 17:39

Load of rubbish not worth doing!!

My other half and myself were involved in a head on car crash. Both of us well out of it. We both had ICE on the the Phones we were carrying, we also had 'next of kin' cards(as given out by hospitals) in our wallets/purse. Neither were used, information was gathered from the registration no. of the car (for our address) then the neighbours for eerything else.

Ambulance crews have been told NOT to look in wallets as some idiots have claimed all the money has been stolen from them(yea right

)

So now we wear Id Jewelery with all the info in, as it has more chance of reaching the hospital with you.

chris2k2 · 09-06-2006, 17:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finglonga

Load of rubbish not worth doing!!

My other half and myself were involved in a head on car crash. Both of us well out of it. We both had ICE on the the Phones we were carrying, we also had 'next of kin' cards(as given out by hospitals) in our wallets/purse. Neither were used, information was gathered from the registration no. of the car (for our address) then the neighbours for eerything else.

Ambulance crews have been told NOT to look in wallets as some idiots have claimed all the money has been stolen from them(yea right

)

So now we wear Id Jewelery with all the info in, as it has more chance of reaching the hospital with you.

That is interesting.

If the ID Jewellery doesn't work.

I guess the next step is to have the phone number Tattoed, lol.

Pjmulholland · 09-06-2006, 17:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianx

Really? This page seems to suggest it is genuine. Are you confusing things with the ICE hoax email?

If it is happening its just the odd force.

"Ice mum" well duh!

Finglonga · 09-06-2006, 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris2k2

That is interesting.

If the ID Jewellery doesn't work.

I guess the next step is to have the phone number Tattoed, lol.

Funny you should mention that. While in hospital I asked and they said the jewellrey is best as a bracelet as a neck chain is easy to be damaged and lost by paramedics.

As for the tattoo, you could have one with all the details on including your blood group. But UK hospitals would still check the blood group was right before they needed to give you more to cover themselves from negligence.

kev · 09-06-2006, 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjb007

If you press 1# it picks the first number stored 2# the second and so on.

Or at least my Motorola did and today my Siemens does the same.

Doesn't work too well when contacts have been added and removed over the years, synced via Outlook, fMa, SyncML and Infrared/Bluetoothed across various handsets across two networks (One2One/Orange/T-Mobile) and three brands (Motorola/Sony/SonyEricsson)

1# on my D750i is "Z T-MobileCzechEn/M", it's number 20 before you get to my mums numbers (or anyone useful for that matter - "Z Seeboard/W", "Z Central Netw/W", "Z Nat Rail Enq/W" and "Z Dir Enq BT/W" arn't going to be much use in an Emergancy are they?), and 115 before you get to me dad

kev · 10-06-2006, 00:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pjmulholland

"ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find your relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases.

As has already been pointed out the East Anglia Ambulance service support it, as does NHS Wales and the Welsh Ambulance Service http://www.wales.nhs.uk/newsitem.cfm?contentid=3704

If you search the NHS England website http://www.nhs.uk/england/searchResu...d&q=ice+mobile you will also see that ICE has been in a few bulletin's as well, although it doesn't appear to be have been officially announced (unlike NHS Wales)

Vodafone are also supporting it http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...585&wt_oss=ice

cleocat · 10-06-2006, 00:11

I was in my local A and E and there was a big poster asking people to put ICE on their mobile!

ianx · 10-06-2006, 08:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pjmulholland

"Ice mum" well duh!

Although you might think it is obvious that you'd want them to contact your mum, for a lot of people whose parents are older they may not want them to receive that phone call. I'd imagine most married people would prefer their spouse to be the person contacted, but they'd usually be listed by name not just as "wife", so it would not be so obvious who to call by just looking at the names in the phone.

Crashed · 10-06-2006, 14:21

Don't put your dealers on ICE

kev · 10-06-2006, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by ianx

Although you might think it is obvious that you'd want them to contact your mum, for a lot of people whose parents are older they may not want them to receive that phone call. I'd imagine most married people would prefer their spouse to be the person contacted, but they'd usually be listed by name not just as "wife", so it would not be so obvious who to call by just looking at the names in the phone.

And then there are those people who's relationships with there mum is poor, and who wouldn't want them to make descisions on their behalf in an emergancy, but would rather have there partner or other relative (e.g. sister or dad) make those descisions

09-06-2006, 14:16	#1
DOS Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 883	ICE, In Case of Emergancy...store contacts to SIM or Phone? Does anyone know whether you should put ICE contacts on to the SIM card, or store it in the phone? Thanks for your help DOS

09-06-2006, 14:19	#2
Sarah04 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leeds Posts: 1,581	what is ICE?

09-06-2006, 14:31	#3
The Alchemist Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 539	"In Case of Emergancy". You put 'ICE' in front of anyones names on your phone who you would call in an emergancy. If you were in an accident, the paramedics/nurses would type 'ICE' on your phone, so they can quickly call the right person, without all the hassle of meddling through your phone. SIM or Phone? Im not sure but mines saved to my SIM. I don't think it really matters to be honest!

09-06-2006, 14:35	#4
Mad Pixie Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Roaming Britain Posts: 1,595	Quote: Originally Posted by The Alchemist "In Case of Emergancy". You put 'ICE' in front of anyones names on your phone who you would call in an emergancy. If you were in an accident, the paramedics/nurses would type 'ICE' on your phone, so they can quickly call the right person, without all the hassle of meddling through your phone. SIM or Phone? Im not sure but mines saved to my SIM. I don't think it really matters to be honest! Why don't you put it on Sim & Phone? Edit: Sorry that should have been directed at DOS!

09-06-2006, 14:39	#5
The Alchemist Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 539	Quote: Originally Posted by madpixie2 Why don't you put it on Sim & Phone? Edit: Sorry that should have been directed at DOS! Lol, no probs!

09-06-2006, 14:41	#6
ianx Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bordertown Posts: 7,781	Just make sure they don't call you methamphetamine dealer by mistake.

09-06-2006, 14:49	#7
Crashed Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plimuff Posts: 1,344	SIM has more chance of surviving, where as the phone might be cabbaged after certain accidents... logic!!

09-06-2006, 14:50	#8
DOS Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 883	Thanks for the replies...think i'll just leave it on the sim where it is... DOS edit-good point crashed...

09-06-2006, 15:01	#9
Chie Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 3,737	I have my important contacts saved on handset and SIM. Didn't know about the ICE thing. Will do that now

09-06-2006, 16:33	#10
Pjmulholland Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Liverpool Posts: 3,306	"ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find your relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases.

09-06-2006, 16:35	#11
Kev_Akas Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Posts: 867	Quote: Originally Posted by Pjmulholland "ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find you relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases. Or by looking for mam, dad, uncle x, nana x, aunt x in your phone, or seeing who is in the list of last dialled.

09-06-2006, 16:36	#12
pjb007 Forum Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shropshire - (Tx: The Wrekin) Posts: 10,284	If you press 1# it picks the first number stored 2# the second and so on. Or at least my Motorola did and today my Siemens does the same.

09-06-2006, 16:46	#13
ianx Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bordertown Posts: 7,781	Quote: Originally Posted by Pjmulholland "ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find your relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases. Really? This page seems to suggest it is genuine. Are you confusing things with the ICE hoax email?

09-06-2006, 17:14	#14
chris2k2 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 9,347	Quote: Originally Posted by Kev_Akas Or by looking for mam, dad, uncle x, nana x, aunt x in your phone, or seeing who is in the list of last dialled. This is what they did when my sister was rat arsed lol. Got her phone & called 'Home'. I've never heard of ICE neither. I just have Mum that will do.

09-06-2006, 17:39	#15
Finglonga Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stafford. Posts: 4,706	Load of rubbish not worth doing!! My other half and myself were involved in a head on car crash. Both of us well out of it. We both had ICE on the the Phones we were carrying, we also had 'next of kin' cards(as given out by hospitals) in our wallets/purse. Neither were used, information was gathered from the registration no. of the car (for our address) then the neighbours for eerything else. Ambulance crews have been told NOT to look in wallets as some idiots have claimed all the money has been stolen from them(yea right ) So now we wear Id Jewelery with all the info in, as it has more chance of reaching the hospital with you.

09-06-2006, 17:48	#16
chris2k2 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 9,347	Quote: Originally Posted by Finglonga Load of rubbish not worth doing!! My other half and myself were involved in a head on car crash. Both of us well out of it. We both had ICE on the the Phones we were carrying, we also had 'next of kin' cards(as given out by hospitals) in our wallets/purse. Neither were used, information was gathered from the registration no. of the car (for our address) then the neighbours for eerything else. Ambulance crews have been told NOT to look in wallets as some idiots have claimed all the money has been stolen from them(yea right ) So now we wear Id Jewelery with all the info in, as it has more chance of reaching the hospital with you. That is interesting. If the ID Jewellery doesn't work. I guess the next step is to have the phone number Tattoed, lol.

09-06-2006, 17:49	#17
Pjmulholland Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Liverpool Posts: 3,306	Quote: Originally Posted by ianx Really? This page seems to suggest it is genuine. Are you confusing things with the ICE hoax email? If it is happening its just the odd force. "Ice mum" well duh!

09-06-2006, 23:08	#18
Finglonga Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stafford. Posts: 4,706	Quote: Originally Posted by chris2k2 That is interesting. If the ID Jewellery doesn't work. I guess the next step is to have the phone number Tattoed, lol. Funny you should mention that. While in hospital I asked and they said the jewellrey is best as a bracelet as a neck chain is easy to be damaged and lost by paramedics. As for the tattoo, you could have one with all the details on including your blood group. But UK hospitals would still check the blood group was right before they needed to give you more to cover themselves from negligence.

09-06-2006, 23:50	#19
kev Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: South Notts (Waltham TV TX) Posts: 20,200	Quote: Originally Posted by pjb007 If you press 1# it picks the first number stored 2# the second and so on. Or at least my Motorola did and today my Siemens does the same. Doesn't work too well when contacts have been added and removed over the years, synced via Outlook, fMa, SyncML and Infrared/Bluetoothed across various handsets across two networks (One2One/Orange/T-Mobile) and three brands (Motorola/Sony/SonyEricsson) 1# on my D750i is "Z T-MobileCzechEn/M", it's number 20 before you get to my mums numbers (or anyone useful for that matter - "Z Seeboard/W", "Z Central Netw/W", "Z Nat Rail Enq/W" and "Z Dir Enq BT/W" arn't going to be much use in an Emergancy are they?), and 115 before you get to me dad

10-06-2006, 00:02	#20
kev Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: South Notts (Waltham TV TX) Posts: 20,200	Quote: Originally Posted by Pjmulholland "ICE" is an urban myth. No police or ambulance authority has ever called for it. They'd soon find your relatives with a couple of random calls in most cases. As has already been pointed out the East Anglia Ambulance service support it, as does NHS Wales and the Welsh Ambulance Service http://www.wales.nhs.uk/newsitem.cfm?contentid=3704 If you search the NHS England website http://www.nhs.uk/england/searchResu...d&q=ice+mobile you will also see that ICE has been in a few bulletin's as well, although it doesn't appear to be have been officially announced (unlike NHS Wales) Vodafone are also supporting it http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...585&wt_oss=ice

10-06-2006, 00:11	#21
cleocat Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,605	I was in my local A and E and there was a big poster asking people to put ICE on their mobile!

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10-06-2006, 08:46	#22
ianx Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bordertown Posts: 7,781	Quote: Originally Posted by Pjmulholland "Ice mum" well duh! Although you might think it is obvious that you'd want them to contact your mum, for a lot of people whose parents are older they may not want them to receive that phone call. I'd imagine most married people would prefer their spouse to be the person contacted, but they'd usually be listed by name not just as "wife", so it would not be so obvious who to call by just looking at the names in the phone.

10-06-2006, 14:21	#23
Crashed Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plimuff Posts: 1,344	Don't put your dealers on ICE

10-06-2006, 19:51	#24
kev Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: South Notts (Waltham TV TX) Posts: 20,200	Quote: Originally Posted by ianx Although you might think it is obvious that you'd want them to contact your mum, for a lot of people whose parents are older they may not want them to receive that phone call. I'd imagine most married people would prefer their spouse to be the person contacted, but they'd usually be listed by name not just as "wife", so it would not be so obvious who to call by just looking at the names in the phone. And then there are those people who's relationships with there mum is poor, and who wouldn't want them to make descisions on their behalf in an emergancy, but would rather have there partner or other relative (e.g. sister or dad) make those descisions