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03-25-17 | 09:01 PM

#26

JanMM

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I've worn a variety of dog tags on neck chains for more than a few years - currently with my name and address and my ICE/wife's name and cell number. Thankfully, I have no important medical info to share.

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03-25-17 | 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SCRcat6

After bicycle commuting for 4 years and owning an iPhone for 7 years, I just recently found out about the emergency contacts function that can be accessed from the lock screen. This function has to be set up for it to work. On the iPhone you do that in the Health app. (I'm sure Android phones have a similar function). You can enter several contacts, medical information and organ donor status. Medical personal are supposed to know to look for it.

IDK how this escaped me for so long. I did a quick search and found nothing, so I thought I'd make a post this in case I'm not the only one that missed it.

I still use the bondagephone (landline), and sometimes I forget to leave the cordless handset at home.

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03-26-17 | 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mcours2006

If you own a smart phone you're not that behind the times. I'm still using my flip phone.

my flip phone has that function. of course i havn't set it up yet.

03-26-17 | 10:00 PM

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Thurnau

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Thanks for the tips. I worry about getting hit by a car so I always bring my wallet with ID and insurance card. Maybe this will be more common for medics to check if it becomes mainstream.
i think if I put my height, weight, and a picture of myself they'll know it's me.

03-26-17 | 10:06 PM

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Specialized bike helmets come with a paper tag for you to fill out and stick on to the inside of your helmet. Similar low tech version of Apple's medical ID.

03-27-17 | 12:16 AM

#31

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Originally Posted by wphamilton

I thought that emergency responders don't have the time to check people's phones, and as a matter of policy don't. And even if they did, there is no guarantee that the information there pertains to the injured person, who might be carrying someone else's device - with potentially disastrous implications. So, and I could be wrong, my understanding is that they completely ignore the phones at the scene of response.

I think it's a good idea to have this specific medical information handy, but not for that particular purpose.

Any photo-capable phone can store a photo of the owner along with emergency contact info. Even my old flip phone has this feature. The self portrait can be set as wallpaper too, not just as a thumbnail in the emergency contact screen. Pretty much the same as carrying a photo ID card.

Not foolproof, of course. If I'm trapped in one of those film noir scenarios where my face is ripped off by a deer or wild boars or UFO crashing through the windshield and I spend the next 30-45 minutes of the movie with a bandage around my head then, yeah, I'm pretty much hosed unless I carry some other form of ID. On the plus side the pretty young nurse will fall in love with me and I won't remember that I was a hit man and did horrible things with my life before the accident wiped out my memory and gave me an opportunity to reboot my life with the pretty young nurse. But events will conspire to ruin that whole thing and justice will prevail in the end. Stupid deer.

I'm planning to get an alien neck implant. In case I'm abducted. So they'll know which galaxy to call to pick me up.

03-27-17 | 09:15 AM

#32

tlester

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Originally Posted by LiquorLad

I think the E.M.T.'s are gonna look in your contacts for I.C.E. rather than going through a health ap.

Except for the EMT's can't get into your locked phone. But they can click on the words "Emergency" and "Medical ID".

03-28-17 | 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RunForTheHills

I use a Road ID. I have an Android phone, but I am not sure sure if it has that feature. The Road ID seems like a better solution. There is a good possibility that your phone won't stay attached to you or remain operational in the event of an accident.

For android you can put text on your lock screen. Mine has my wife's number to contact in case of an emergency. No reason why you couldn't put the other details on as well. No buttons for anyone to push other than to turn the screen on.