This post is very important. Have you ever wonder how people can contact your next of kin in case of emergency? Do you realized that it is the most difficult to establish the next of kin for an accident victim and time is wasted in trying to find the contact? There is a simple yet efficient way, ICE.
Today, I read about ICE in the Straits Times. I have heard about ICE (In Case of Emergency) for many years and it is now that SCDF is promoting it with our Singapore Telcos. Nevertheless, better late than never. Having ICE is important as it is easier to have a common or uniform standard to identify next-of-kin.
Mobile phone users should save their next of kin’s number in their phonebooks under headings such as ‘ICE-Husband’, for example, so paramedics or even bystanders will know who to call.
I have done my ICE. This is the screenshot.
Here is how you should do it.
- Input a New Contact – I suggest you key it into your SIM card rather than your Outlook (for Windows Mobile) address book as the situation may be that your phone is spoiled but your SIM card is still functioning.
- Key in “ICE – ‘your relationship with this next of kin’ “
That is it! Simple. Now, people will be able to know who to contact in case of Emergency.
For my case, I have put my wife’s name in it. However, I am wondering what if tricksters or fraudsters use it to their advantage and try to call your next of kin to informed them that you are injured and needed money? I think I will leave my question to SCDF via Twitter to answer 🙂 .
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