Importance of Smart In Case of Emergency Card (ICE Card)

Accidents and health issues can happen without warning. What if a bystander tried to help you but could not find your emergency information? The time taken to figure out personal information can lead to a delay in life-saving help and contacting your loved ones.

The ICE card easily fits in a wallet and contains life-saving information. Information includes full name, ID, blood type, allergies, chronic diseases, and emergency contact numbers. Many medical practices require permission, and finding an emergency contact could take up valuable time if you are left unconscious.

The back of the ICE card provides instructions for calling an ambulance and first aid practices. When in a panic, people often forget information, such as calling 115 for an ambulance and protecting themselves before helping the victims. A section on the card provides a QR code that can be scanned for first aid instructions. These are not only beneficial if you are a victim but also if you are the first aider and need help remembering first aid steps.

Benefits of the ICE card:

• Effective and timely medical help - Medical professionals can quickly have all your essential medical details and come up with an effective treatment regimen.
• First Aid instructions to properly help the victim - If the first aider becomes to panicked, the Smart ICE card offers emergency instructions and QR code to scan for instructions.
• Online first aid learning and revision - By scanning the QR code on the card, there is access to rich and free-of-charge first aid educational library of SSVN.

Smart ICE cards can be obtained at SSVN events or downloaded at the SSVN website.