# I.C.E. Could save your life: Good Idea **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 28, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945 "2005-07-28T17:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/1 "2005-07-28T17:36:15Z")
[msnbc](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8744626/) ICE could save your life ‘In Case of Emergency’ initiative turns cell phones into lifelines Dawn Fratangelo Correspondent NEW YORK - At Montefiore Medical Center, New York City’s busiest emergency room, information is vital, and sometimes hard to come by — like when a woman in cardiac arrest is brought in alone and unconscious. “We were resuscitating this woman with no information,” says Dr. Robert Meyer, “and only two hours later did someone show up.” News that she’d had chest pains for weeks came too late, but she was carrying a potential lifeline: a cell phone. That sort of situation is just what Robert Stimpson, the acting police chief in Madison, Conn., is thinking. Now he’s launching a campaign that’s catching on: asking cell phone users to create a specific entry called ICE, or “In Case of Emergency.” It couldn’t be easier. Enter the number of your emergency contact into your cell phone’s address book. Label it as ICE and store it. Paramedics or doctors can then access that number if you’re in an accident. “A program like ICE,” says Stimpson, “would make our job much easier, save a lot of time, help the emergency provider, and ultimately, help the person in need.” **Most of the 193 million cell phone users in the United States probably already have an “in case of emergency number.” It just may be under something like “mom.” Programming it again under “ICE” only takes moments.** There are some concerns, especially that the emergency contact be up to date about medical history. The idea caught on after the bombings in Great Britain, where a paramedic conceived it. Word spread, and a grass-roots movement was under way — from the Internet to hospitals worldwide. “It’s a no-brainer,” says Meyer, **“It’s a wonderful idea. It’s cost-free.”** It’s three simple letters that could help save lives. 2005 MSNBC Interactive ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/2 "2005-07-28T17:58:07Z")
No one short of a tech nerd can even operate my phone. I could make the screen saver my ICE info though, haha ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/3 "2005-07-28T18:16:49Z")
pretty good thinkin ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/4 "2005-07-28T18:43:00Z")
fuck all people with a cell phone… ---
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/5 "2005-07-28T18:57:45Z")
☹ I resisted as much as I could…I didn’t want even a pager cause “if they can’t get ahold of me I don’t want to be found” Then i moved here for hubby and the only land line we have is the fax. :dunno: Plus I get NO telemarketers _yet_ and I give the fax # on everything that requires phone numbers :kekegay: ---
**Author:** ![jinxxycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jinxxycat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jinxxycat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/6 "2005-07-28T18:58:39Z")
> [@The1SloShelby](#): > > pretty good thinkin I think it’s an excellent idea! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/7 "2005-07-28T18:59:37Z")
i put Jim’s home number in, hopefully its still working if they ever try to call. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/8 "2005-07-28T19:04:01Z")
Its a certainity to work 💏 ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/9 "2005-07-28T19:38:30Z")
i think its a pretty good idea… but it involves to much human error… ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/10 "2005-07-28T21:21:02Z")
women are allowed to start threads now? crazy… ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-c-e-could-save-your-life-good-idea/175945/11 "2005-07-29T14:57:37Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > i think its a pretty good idea… but it involves to much human error… plus ICE could be someone’s stereo hook-up… maybe people should just use an asterisk or exclamation point… wouldn’t that be at the top of the contact list anyway?