Emergency contacts

I have my son as emergency contact for Adult Education, as I did at work. I never thought of needing to be taken home if ill. I thought it was more for serious illness when you are taken to hospital and the family needs to know. The people I know living nearest are all working so I can't put them. I don't have an answer, but would hope one of my classmates would help on the day. If I were you I would either put a DD or the neighbour with the least commitment.

That's a tricky one! Do you have a gardener or someone? I'm asking because my mums gardener was very helpful to his customers in those kind of ways. (he accepted money for 'a drink' of course, but everyone was happy to know he could be called on in a crisis or emergency)

Just a suggestion, one of your DDs and then give the DD numbers of people living nearer who she can call depending on what the emergency is.

I am an emergency contact for two ladies. One I used to clean for and we remained friends even though I finished there about 15 years ago, she is now widowed with some health issues and her nearest family live about 45 mins away. So her personal alarm company have my name and phone number, if she then pushes her alarm button they will contact me and I have a key to her house to check on her. She lives about three minutes walk away.
The other lady is one of my current jobs, I have key to her house and she has given my number to her family who live near London, away from her here in Dorset.
They were both a bit reluctant to ask in the begining, but I am glad they felt able to. I'm sure your friends would be happy to be on call even with their own commitments, maybe you could offer to do the same for one of them.

I put my son's mobile number and he'll just have to direct operations from wherever he is on that day.
Wherever I am will have to call an ambulance or a taxi depending on how I'll they think I am.
There really isn't anyone else that I would want to ask to be responsible for me.
No easy answer to this one Im afraid. Sorry.

I was discussing this with a widowed friend yesterday. In the case of emergency contact it needs to be someone likely to answer their phone and have some info to alert whoever needs to know. Being taken ill while out may mean a taxi home and help to recover your car later. I’m sure friends and neighbours would help.
We thought that being suddenly ill in your own home alone or in difficulties out and about alone was a bigger problem of single life . In our village there are a few of us and thankfully people watch for curtains open on a morning etc. She has an iPhone and her DD who lives many miles away has the code for ‘find my phone’ which would locate the phone if not the mum.
I have my ICE contacts on my phone and have had for sometime before DH died. I am surprised more people don’t use this as it does mean your emergency contact can be found quickly by paramedics etc.
Just another worry for those of us adjusting to life without DH.

How are the ICE contacts on your phone Alygran? In a separate folder or is there a special place. I got a new phone yesterday, instead of my antiquated one so up for learning what it can do.

Can't actually find out how to add an app yet.........

I have 3 ICE contacts in my phone whoever answers first will deal with whatever's happened.
I have them in my contacts as ICE 1 ICE 2 ICE 3 so they quickly found by police/ambulance

I have the same problem since changes last year , very difficult telling the warden I have no family here now when she knows I have three sisters ! I have given the phone number of my son in law who isn't and lives near me and my daughter who lives 200 miles away !

I have numbers on ICE but how are they reached on the phone without the pass number in the first place?

On my phone there is an Emergency Call button on the passcode screen. On pressing this there is an icon at the top that takes you to your ICE numbers bypassing the need for the code.

Its just occurred to me that I should have emergency people, or at least a person as a contact, but I don't think I have anyone. I'm quite shocked, now I have thought about it.

I also have my children’s number on ICE and then they will direct whatever is needed because even if your child lives next door they may be away, or not around to help I don’t have a lock code on my phone

Pitcity is right about the emergency call button. People think this goes to 999 but it reveals your In Case of Emergency (ICE) contacts and on my phone personal info and things like being an organ donor or special blood type.
Best to google your phone to see how to set it up or pop into the mobile store

Please may I encourage everyone to put ICE names and numbers into your mobile phones. I am a community first responder and work with ambulance crews on every call out.
It assists the crews to be able to contact someone and find out some medical history to help them treat the patient.

The original ICE name and number was started by a paramedic from Cambridgeshire in 2005.

What is ICE?

In Case Emergency