I have an app on my phone (android) called I.C.E in which you can fill out your personal details, contacts etc and medical history and any medication.

I keep it on the home screen of my phone so that it is visible as soon as the phone is opened.

a great idea Jim .. had it on my phone with my 2 lads for a few years now ..

I have all the relevant phone #s etc entered under ICE in my phone. Also have a word doc on a USB stick with contacts, doc, medication, medical history, etc, attached to my key ring. Must be getting old.

There may be a few problems with this - the acronym ICE also refers to crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride which someone may store on their mobile as a contact to obtain that drug. Also, I'm not sure that emergency services/paramedics have the legal right to use a phone found on a dead or injured person....should be police? I'd have thought they'd look for other means of ID like a wallet or purse etc. Rego on the car also gives owner. The phone they find on you may not be yours....how many other people in the car? and could give incorrect medical info/contacts.
Apologies for posing questions.

How would anyone else access the details on my phone, It's a smart phone & you would first need the password to open it?

terry

chris & terry wrote:

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How would anyone else access the details on my phone, It's a smart phone & you would first need the password to open it?

terry

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 put the password on your startup screen 

We both did this some years ago and both have two ICE contact numbers in our phones.

Reading through this thread thinking what an I missing here? I have always carried my personal details, next of kin contact details etc in my wallet along with my drivers license etc, wondering why I would need it on a phone as well.

Googled it and came up with this, think I'll stick with my current arrangement.

Some drawbacks to the proposed scheme come to mind:

• The cell phone has to remain with the victim (or otherwise be identifiable as his) in order to be of use. While most wallets and purses will contain some items bearing photographs that can be matched to their owners (such as driver's licenses), a cell phone doesn't necessarily provide any direct means of identifying its owner. And while any form of ID can become separated from the person bearing it, a cell phone is an object frequently carried in hand, greatly increasing the chances of its loss in an accident.
• A cell phone can be damaged to the point that information stored in (or through) it is no longer retrievable. This is also true of other forms of identification (a piece of paper or a card can be rendered unreadable by fire or water damage), but non-electronic devices will generally survive falls or impacts that might otherwise render cell phones non-functional.
• Cell phones come in many different brands and varieties, and how to retrieve stored information may not be immediately apparent to someone trying to work with an unfamiliar type of phone. As well, many cell phone users secure their phones with PINs to prevent unauthorized use, a factor which could conceivably block any attempts by emergency personnel to retrieve information from them.
• As the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) has noted, ICE entries in cell phone address books should be used in addition to (not in place of) more standard forms of identification:
• We tell people: Add ICE to your cell phone only after you've affixed similar information to (or near) the official photo identification you routinely carry in your wallet.
  
  Why?
  
  With so many types and brands of wireless phones, it can take precious minutes to learn how to access a phone's directory. Many wireless devices are also found to be locked, damaged or have discharged batteries following an incident, rendering ICE unusable.
  
  Please do encourage your interested friends and colleagues to make an ICE entry in their cell phone, especially if it will give them peace of mind but not at the expense of written emergency contact and medical information.