Back في حالة الطوارئ Arabic En cas d'emergència Catalan ICE kontakt Czech In case of emergency Danish In Case of Emergency German In Case of Emergency Esperanto En caso de emergencia Spanish In case of emergency Finnish In Case of Emergency French ICE (soccorso sanitario) Italian

In Case of Emergency

For the television series, see In Case of Emergency (TV series). For the Ozark episode, see In Case of Emergency (Ozark).

In Case of Emergency (ICE) is a programme designed to enable first responders, such as paramedics, firefighters, and police officers, as well as hospital personnel, to contact the next of kin of the owner of a mobile phone in order to obtain important medical or support information (the mobile phone must be unlocked and working). The phone entry (or entries) should supplement or complement written (such as wallet, bracelet, or necklace) information or indicators. The programme was conceived in the mid-2000s and promoted by British paramedic Bob Brotchie in May 2005.[1][2] It encourages people to enter emergency contacts in their mobile phone address book under the name 'ICE'. Alternatively, a person can list multiple emergency contacts as 'ICE1', 'ICE2', etc.

The programme has been criticised by some emergency responders, and the HoaxBuster site.

  1. ^ Bob's idea has global impact (Cambridge Evening News) Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Mobiles 999 contact idea spreads – BBC news report on ICE scheme". news.BBC.co.uk. BBC News. 12 July 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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