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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
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Meg
Idaho
USA
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 Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 08:57:42 AM
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Gals~ You may have already heard of this, but it seems very useful and I thought I'd pass it along.
Subject: ICE - In Case of Emergency
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its
memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong
to our closest family or friends.
If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people
attending us would have our mobile phone, but wouldn't know who to
call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored, but which one is the contact
person in case of an emergency?
Hence this " ICE" (In Case of Emergency ) Campaign. The concept of
"ICE" is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergency
situations. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the
population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons
who should be contacted during emergency under the name "ICE" ( In Case Of
Emergency).
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to
the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and Hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by
simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE."
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 09:10:33 AM
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This is such a good idea. I read this just the other day and have sent it to my family to read as well. Thanks for sharing this with the farmgirls, Meg!!
Karin
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 09:55:01 AM
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What a great idea, Meg! Thanks for sharing this with us. I will do this if I ever get a cell phone! :D
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 10:22:04 AM
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Hi Meg thanks for sharing. This came up a few weeksa ago and I will again post what I said them. My husbands friend is a Police Chief in our town. He suggested it would be much more helpful if you put terms like "Husband" or Wife or something like that. He had never heard of ICE and said he would look for the others first anyway. I think anything yuou can do to help out this rescue people is great though!
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Ronna
True Blue Farmgirl
1891 Posts
Ronna
Fernley
NV
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 3:52:43 PM
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Thanks for the reminder, I will do it right now under both headings and ask my family to do the same. Might save a life or help one of us or our loved ones sometime.
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 11:57:43 AM
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I've heard of the ICE trick and I did recently load DH's number under that heading in my phone and also added it into the little address book that I carry in my purse. Anything and everything will help. Thanks for the reminder!
Jo
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Meg
Moderator/Farmgirl True
974 Posts
Meg
Idaho
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 1:06:00 PM
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Great idea!
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
megan@maryjanesfarm.org |
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