Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Repost and stupid idea
It's actually a great idea. When I was making some flights earlier this year, this guy got up from his seat near the terminal waiting for the flight to begin seating. He rocketed out of his chair and sprinted off in such a mannor that sent his cell phone flying out of his pocket, across the isle, and down my row to land in front of me.
When I picked up his phone, he'd cracked front side LCD, but it was still powered on. I was lucky enough to find "Dad's Cell" in his phone book so I called to let the father know that his son just disappeared from the terminal in San Fran and that I had his phone. Luckily the only flight anywhere near that terminal was the same one I was waiting on, so I said that if I didn't see him again I'd just mail the phone when I got back to Portland and took the dad's address down on scratch paper.
If he hadn't had "Dad's Cell" listed in his phone book, I don't know what I could have done to get his cell phone back to him. He did eventually come back just as the flight was boarding so I just explained that I'd made a call to identify ownership and gave it back to him. :thumbsup:
that's what Im saying...MOST people have their own "emergancy contacts" in their phone normally....yoiu were logical enough to call "Dad Cell"....My argument is are rescue workes that in-coherent to not figure this out on their own?
Right. So all emergency personnel should assume that everyone is going to have daddy's cell phone number in their address book instead. K.
that's not what I am saying...I am saying that all they have to do is look for a logical contact to try and call...things like "Mom" and "Dad" are obvious ones....
Hey, yeah good idea. Also, if you have alergies to common medications, why not just leave it in your hospital records? The tech can call someone in your directory, find out where you're from, call the operator and find the names of hospitals in the area in which you live, then call around trying to find who has your medical records so he can check what he can and cannot give you. That's much better than keeping an emergency medical card in your wallet. Like folks who are epileptic or have dangerous alergic reactions to pain medications, etc.
The point is that EMT's and other folks who actually choose to lend a helping hand shouldn't have to jump through hoops. If an EMT picks up the phone, they should be able to hit "I" to jump down to the I section of the phone book, immediately identify the ICE number, and call it instead of wasting possibly very valuable time in trying to find the right person to call.
Not everybody has Mom or Dad in their phone book. Hell the only numbers I kept in my phone book were ones I couldn't remember.
