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08/22/2005: "ICE"
I'd planned to blog about military heroes today, but this is more important (marginally 
) so the boys in uniform will have to wait until tomorrow.
Have y'all heard of ICE?
ICE stands for "in case of emergency," and is a campaign started by British paramedics to encourage people to store emergency contact numbers in your cell phone. I've actually been doing this for years, but didn't think to use the acronymn "ICE" in place of "emergency contact" --but I suppose if I had, no one would have known what it meant, anyway.
But now this campaign has come to the U.S., and medical personnel will be paying attention to "ICE" numbers in your cell phone.
Of course, ICE numbers won't help if you keep your phone locked or if your phone is destroyed in a car accident, but it's still better than nothing. In the U.S., paramedics and EMTs are probably not likely to use the numbers to make calls, but the stored numbers would be of great use to emergency room personnel.
So anyway, go program two or three ICE numbers into your cell phone to help out rescue workers, police, and medical personnel during emergencies.
*This public service announcement has been brought to you by your local procrastinating writer.
I had to do that exact thing! *g*
