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Thread ID: 86019	2007-12-31 01:57:00	ICE,in case of emergency.	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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626018	2007-12-31 19:22:00	I.C.E. will not work: if a password is required to be entered before the phone can be used. if the language of the phone is not widely comprehended in that country if there is no reception in that area Bear in mind of these points when adding the contact "ICE" to your cellphone. Cheers :) Even if there is no reception, you can still access the phone book and find the phone number, then use a landline to call the person.	somebody (208)
626019	2007-12-31 20:32:00	Even if there is no reception, you can still access the phone book and find the phone number, then use a landline to call the person. There is a good chance that an area without reception is a rural area :p Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
626020	2007-12-31 20:37:00	There is a good chance that an area without reception is a rural area :p Cheers :) With farm houses,with what is known as a land line!.	Cicero (40)
626021	2007-12-31 22:49:00	I.C.E. will not work: if a password is required to be entered before the phone can be used. if the language of the phone is not widely comprehended in that country if there is no reception in that area Bear in mind of these points when adding the contact "ICE" to your cellphone. Cheers :) These points should not even be considered when adding the ICE number in. Even though there are some situations where a ICE number is off no use, there are countless other times when the ICE number can be of great use. Nothing is perfect.... ICE just represents another system that could be used to keep us safe.	noone (22)
626022	2007-12-31 23:24:00	ICE used to be the acronym for "In Car Entertainment" . The new ICeE is much more relevant,, the missus and I will key it in today	bonzo29 (2348)
626023	2008-01-01 00:59:00	These points should not even be considered when adding the ICE number in. Even though there are some situations where a ICE number is off no use, there are countless other times when the ICE number can be of great use. Nothing is perfect.... ICE just represents another system that could be used to keep us safe. Yeap, I couldn't agree more that I.C.E. (or ICeE) can be a lifesaver in dire situations. Having said so, the user should also make his / her phone system easily accessible so that the paramedic does not need to spend ample of precious time fiddling around with the keypads. Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
626024	2008-01-01 02:39:00	Jamuz, surely ICE will work, reception in the area or not. All you need is the number. What does it matter what you use to call it. If no reception then the ambulance crew might wait until there is, use a land phone or call their base and ask them to do so. Why would you not have a cellphone? As has been said, it's not 1980, besides a basic phone (voice and text only) is under $100. Or has the new year imbibing been too much and you have forgotten where you put it? EVERYBODY has a cellphone!	Roscoe (6288)
626025	2008-01-01 04:05:00	Jamuz, surely ICE will work, reception in the area or not. All you need is the number. What does it matter what you use to call it. If no reception then the ambulance crew might wait until there is, use a land phone or call their base and ask them to do so. Hiya Roscoe. With I.C.E., I do agree that you can retrieve the number quickly from the phone. I am just saying if communication is an issue in the area where the victim was found... then you can't really do much. As for waiting...	Renmoo (66)
626026	2008-01-01 04:55:00	The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call . He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose . In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialling the number you have stored as "ICE . " Probably not as useful as it sounds . At the scene of an accident, you want the emergency and hospital staff to spend all their time and energy treating you, not trying to call up your mum and dad . Calling up people can come later . Another thing - has anyone ever tried to navigate through different phone menus lately? Even Nokias seem to have (slightly) different menus between models . Motorolas and Siemens are quite awful . Many of winmacguys fans here would try to shove an iPhone up the victims butt . . .	vinref (6194)
626027	2008-01-01 10:53:00	Thanks, Jamuz. You're right. Hopefully you do not have an accident in a no communication area. I had an accident some years back when cellphones were just out of their infancy, January '97, and by the time I had reached the hospital my wife was waiting for me. They had looked her number up on my phone and that was well before anyone had thought of ICE. These lovely people ARE concerned. I believe that while the above concerns are of merit, you should still put these numbers in your phone. If there is the slightest chance that these caring people are able to decipher the workings of your phone and contact your loved ones, particularly if you are unable, then it has to be a good thing. A bit like insurance, really. You may never need it but you have it anyway, eh?	Roscoe (6288)
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