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An emergency preparedness solution needs to be dependable.
There is too much at stake here: The objective is to help you get informed care and to save your life.
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An impact that renders you to be unconscious may likely render your phone to be inoperable. If your entire preparedness initiative was
solely based on mobile phone, then this will put you in a vulnerable position.
ICEcare.net: A dependable foundation to your preparedness initiative.
ICEcare.net enables you to retain your profile data securely; accessible only with your login credentials: Your email address
and your password. Data that can personally identify you is retained as encrypted; further securing your privacy against
any unauthorized access, and providing you the following benefits:
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You may grant controlled access to your data WITHOUT disclosing your identity; truly valuable if your
device is inoperable or locked while you may be in an emergency. Facilitated with a unique identifier code provisioned on ICEcare Sticker, which is
included with ICEcare.net Annual Service. More ...
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A Unique Identifier Code is provisioned on each ICEcare Sticker, as illustrated below:
Users are expected to associate the Unique Identifier Code on their ICEcare Sticker with their ICEcare Profile. Details
on how this is achieved can be found here.
The ICEcare Sticker provides the following benefits:
- ICEcare Sticker directs first responders to ICEcare App on your
mobile phone.
- If the mobile phone is locked or inoperable, Unique Identifier
Code on ICEcare Sticker directs first responders to this site to access your profile without disclosing your identity.
Visualize your privacy enforced data as seen by first responders:
Click on First Responder link on top right and you may try your own Unique Identifier Code (after you have it associated
in your ICEcare Profile); or for illustration, specify 'NUMBERS'.
Notice that first responders have the ability to connect with your identified emergency contacts by clicking on relation,
using Robo-Call -- a feature designed to protect your privacy and that of your identified emergency contacts.
Robo-Call requests first responder to provide their phone number and then click on one of the emergency contacts. They will
be presented a four digit pin number on the web site that they will be expected to punch in on the phone pad to authenticate
call origin; and then the call is patched through. This prevents the First Responder from seeing the phone number dialed
but the emergency contact receiving the call will see first responders' phone number via caller id.
Note: First Responders in United States prefer to connect with next of kin, and less preferably a friend! At this time,
Robo Call is supported in North America (Country Code: +1).
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Ability to secure your ICEcare profile data on your mobile phone remotely, especially valuable if your
mobile phone is misplaced or lost. You may disable ICEcare app or delete your ICEcare profile from your mobile phone remotely.
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Ability to migrate your ICEcare profile data to another ICEcare supported mobile device
when you replace your current mobile phone.
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Ability to input data from your preferred browser on a computer and download it very easily to your mobile device.
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Ability to print ICEcare Card for your Wallet; a fail-safe alternative to provision quick access to your profile
data.
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Ability to define and share your Home Emergency Plans with members of your family. Once accepted, you will all
have the option to retains it on your mobile phone.
Intended Audience:
ICEcare.net is an ideal emergency preparedness solution that may be used by anyone, regardless of their age, country they are based in, or if
they have a mobile phone. It includes one ICEcare Sticker for every user covered. Options prevail to facilitate preparedness for multiple
users under a family plan. Users may share their unused licenses with friends to promote preparedness.
Getting Started:
You have probably heard the old Chinese proverb: "Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty". You have to plan ahead.
Click here to get started. We hope and pray that you never have any emergencies, but it happens to the best of us, especially when you least expect it. This
15 minute investment of your time today will be much appreciated by you and your family if you ever find yourself in an emergency!
Investment:
ICEcare.net annual service costs about a nickel a day, or $19.98 per year, for an individual and about a dime per day, or $49.98 per year,
for a family of five. ICEcare mobile application bears a one-time cost of $4.99 per platform and is sold separately. The app may be
acquired from platform specific store (AppStore for Applie iOS, MarketPlace for Android, etc). You are welcome to sign-up and experience
ICEcare.net at no charge; ICEcare Stickers will be mailed to you after the acquisition of annual service.
First Responders at Work:
First responders worldwide check victim's wallet and mobile phone as their standard operating procedure. It helps them identify the individual
and locate their next of kin. First responders are almost always racing for time as they strive to save lives. They do not have the time to call
ICE Contacts at that time, even if they are defined in addressbook on users mobile phone. Click here to learn why? 
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“ICE” debunked -- Published with permission from http://icecare.info/blog/2009/09/01/ice-debunked/
You have probably heard about creating an ICE entry on your mobile phone to help you in case of an emergency. They say that you should store “ICE” entry
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”. For more than one
entry, create “ICE1″, “ICE2″, and so on. This sounds convincing … but its value is severely limited (presuming that the goal is to recover from that
situation).
Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT’s) have only one goal: Help save the victim. They are almost always stressed for time as during an
emergency, every second counts. While they focus on helping the victim, they do not have time or any justifiable reason to call the ICE contact.
Informing next of kin is managed by Police as a secondary task.
Paramedics and EMT’s may not call your ICE contact but if you have a tag identifier with account name and phone number associated with a professional
information service, like MedicAlert™, then they are more likely to make that call. The professional information service is designed to handle emergency
calls. They provide quick access to critical information with their dedicated phone lines to handle emergency calls any time: 24 x 7 x 365. They can also
provide information that can help Paramedics and EMT’s in saving your life.
For the paramedics, calling an ICE contact has few severe drawbacks, like:
- Your ICE contact may not be accessible at that time when you are in
an emergency
- Your ICE contact may not be able to provide details required by
paramedics to save your life
- Your ICE contact may get shocked hearing news about your
emergency and may need help
Usually, your ICE contact would be someone who is very close to you — one
you talk to frequently. In case of an emergency, they will have questions like what, how and where did this happen, and much
more regarding the current status. They may or may not be able to focus on what they could do to help the situation. They may
not realize and ignore that call if they are occupied at that time. They may return the call at a later time, but that may be
too late for the paramedics who struggle for each and every second trying to save your life.
Having an ICE contact reference on your phone could help authorities. They check victims wallet and cell phone, typically
looking through call history to connect with next of kin. Having an ICE contact on your mobile phone would help them connect
back once paramedics have attended to you. For terminal cases, most officials in United States visit in person to convey the
news.
Setting right expectation helps. Having quick access to critical information can help paramedics and EMT’s provide you with
informed care, which can greatly expedite full recovery with minimal side effects. Having an ICE entry on your mobile phone
address book will not help paramedics in saving your life, but will help authorities in connecting back with your next of kin,
at a later time.
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