Tips for Emergency Use of Mobile Devices

Emergency Contacts

Program a list of emergency phone numbers in your device such as your:

Close family, personal assistants, neighbors (See “Out-of-town emergency contacts” http://www.jik.com/disaster-individ.html#Templates) and police, fire, utilities, road maintenance, etc.

ICE contact – (In case of emergency) helps first responders, as well as hospital personnel, to contact the people on your list to get important medical or support information if you are unable to provide it. The phone must be unlocked and working. There are apps that will allow this information to be seen even if your device is locked (See Apps below). ICE complements written health information that may be found in your wallet or on a bracelet, or necklace. Enter emergency contacts in your device address book or contacts under the name "ICE". You can list multiple emergency contacts as "ICE1", "ICE2", etc.

• Let your ICE contacts know that they are entered into your device and inform them of any of health condition(s) that emergency personnel would need to know such as, disability, allergies, implanted device, medications, etc.

• Consider also putting critical health information with your ICE entries on your device. See Emergency Health Information: Savvy Health Care Consumer Series, http://www.jik.com/mrp.html

• Set your device so that your ICE information can be read without having to use your passcode or unlock your device. An internet search which include the name of your device and “how to access emergency information without have to enter a passcode.

Create emergency email and text group lists on your devices that you can quickly use to communicate with family, close friends, neighbors, coworkers.