What it does
ICEsaves, which stands for In Case of Emergency Saves, is a social campaign that encourages people to add an emergency contact under the name “ICE” on their mobile phone. The addition of this contact will allow first responders to get time critical information from your phone without having to guess who to call. As an added bonus ICEsaves also provides live representatives to assist first responders in the event of an emergency by notifying all of the emergency contacts you have provided of the current situation. Signing up for the service is simple, just provide your mobile phone number and as many or as few emergency contacts along with as much personal medical information you’d like.
In their own words
“With ICEsaves as your emergency contact, first responders and medical personnel have 24/7 access to your critical health information and can alert your loved ones in seconds.”
Why it might be a killer
Giving first responders the ability to instantly contact your emergency contacts could be the difference of life and death. The service is free and everyone should take the time to sign up and better protect themselves.
Some questions
The service is only effective if first responders know about it, so what kind of first responder-education campaign do they have in place?
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