Re: ICE


"elyob" <newsprofile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Rupert" <ruirnbv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Hannah Rainford" <hannah.rainford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> > Following the disaster in London . . .
>>> >
>>> > East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of
>>> > Emergency ( ICE ) " campaign with the support of Falklands war hero
>>> > Simon Weston.
>>> >
>>> > The idea is that you store the word " I C E " in your mobile phone
>>> > address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would
>>> > want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency".
>>> >
>>> > In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be
>>> > able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to
>>> > contact them. It's so simple that everyone can do it. Please do.
>>> >
>>> > Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, 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 ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.
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>> http://tinyurl.com/79lz9
>> http://tinyurl.com/c68pp
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> But. Most mobile phones will display a number when two entries have the
> same digits. This means Mum & Dad or next of kin will not show their names
> if they call you and are entered twice.
>
> If the phone manufacturers add this as a standard on their phones, then
> great.
>
> Of course it can have it's downside. Some weirdo somewhere could
> automatically get the closet people in your life and call them first. You
> wouldn't want to lose your phone and have someone scare your family by
> being an idiot. And, yes, they do exist.
>
>
Simple answer there Do Not Lose your phone !


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