The Richwood Report

According to this report, a British paramedic is encouraging a national program to have people store emergency information in their cell phone's phone book. According to the article most people do not carry anything to indicate whom to call in case of emergency, often leaving emergency workers like police or paramedics without the means to contact someone for them in an emergency.

“It’s difficult to know who to call. Someone might have “mum” in their phone book but that doesn’t mean they’d want them contacted in an emergency.

“Almost everyone carries a mobile phone now, and with ICE we’d know immediately who to contact and what number to ring. The person may even know of their medical history.”

The plan is simple: enter a number labeled ICE (for "In Case of Emergency) in your phone. That's it. If emergency personnel need to contact somebody without your help, they can look in your phone for the ICE number and call it. If you want more than one you can use ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 and so on. Sounds like a simple solution and I can't think of a down side yet.