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ICE campaign, UK [message #25180]

Sat, 09 July 2005 15:39

On fire!

Location: Worcester, England
Registered: January 2005
Messages: 1562

> In light of recent events. The Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency ( ICE ) " campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston and in association with Vodafone's annual life savers award. The idea is that you store the word " I C E " in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency".

> In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's so simple that everyone can do it. Please do. Please will you also forward this to everybody in your address book, it won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this.

> For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc

This is perhaps particularly relevant to Gay people ... where the person to be contacted may well be a partner or friend who is not immediately identifiable. And for the emergency services to contact 'Mum' or 'Dad' may not be appropariate or desirable.

Lets hope we have no further bombs. but people get knocked over in the street, have car accidents, etc every day. I think it's an excellent idea. I've done it.

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King

		ICE campaign, UK By: NW on Sat, 09 July 2005 15:39
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: timmy on Sat, 09 July 2005 15:50
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: NW on Tue, 19 July 2005 15:15
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: timmy on Tue, 19 July 2005 15:25
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: marc on Tue, 19 July 2005 19:40
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: timmy on Tue, 19 July 2005 19:48
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: marc on Tue, 19 July 2005 19:55
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: timmy on Tue, 19 July 2005 20:19
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: marc on Tue, 19 July 2005 22:49
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: NW on Wed, 20 July 2005 01:55
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: timmy on Fri, 22 July 2005 12:57
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: marc on Fri, 22 July 2005 13:15
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: timmy on Fri, 22 July 2005 15:46
		Re: ICE campaign, UK By: NW on Fri, 22 July 2005 13:33

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