Set up an In Case of Emergency Contact (ICE)
When out and about at any time of the day, its always good to have an In Case Of Emergency contact on your phone or in your wallet. But what is an ICE Contact? Simply an ICE contact allows emergency responders a quick and easy way to find out who to contact. More importantly an ICE contact can contain information about any medical conditions that you may have such as allergies. (If you're into your research, you can read more at Wikipedia) This can be valuable information for emergency services and means they can help you more effectively.
Typically, you'd just enter a contact on your phone called 'ICE'. If you'd like, you can do that. However, most of us now lock our phones making it impossible to get to the contact. Thats where we have #GotYaBack (Yup, we're cheesy like that). Down below, you can choose your phone or device and then find instructions to set up an ICE contact as quickly as possible.
iOS 10 & iOS 11
iOS 10 was released in September 2016 with the iPhone 7. Setting up an ICE contact in iOS 10 & 11 is the same as it was in previous versions, however there were significant changes to the lock screen and how you access the ICE contact information.
Click to open the instructions.
Step 1
Find and open the Health App.
Step 2
Tap 'medical ID' at the bottom.
Step 3
Tap 'Create Medical ID' if you haven't before or click 'edit' in the top right corner.
Step 4
Scroll down and select 'add emergency contact'. You can also add any other information that you would like to add. This is especially useful if you have any allergies or important health info.
General Android
These instructions are a general guide for those with android. Depending on which version you are running and the phone you have, things could look different. If you have any issues, contact us or use google ;)
Click to open the instructions.
Step 1
Find and open the Contacts App.
Step 2
Click on 'groups' in the top menu bar.
Step 3
Then within the category of 'integrated groups' there will be 'ICE - emergency contacts'. Click on that group.
Step 4
Then from this page, you can select 'edit' to add contacts to your list.
Other Devices
These are coming Soon!