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Community Events 08/19/2008 :
Residents and visitors to the Town of Clinton can offer valuable assistance to emergency service providers with a simple tool. The Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad wants residents to know how simple this assistance is and how easy it is to perform. Since most of the 192 million cell phone users in the United States won't leave the house without their phone. Emergency Medical Services Coordinators throughout New Jersey see this as an opportunity to create a lifeline to family members and friends who could provide critical information during an emergency.
Today, members of the emergency services rely upon information gathered at the scene of an emergency to make life and death decisions for unresponsive patients. But a simple initiative, which began in Britain, is being supported by the twenty-one County EMS Coordinators in New Jersey, stated Howard Buchanan, of Hunterdon County.
Cell users are being urged to put the acronym ICE -- "in case of emergency" -- before the names of the people they want to designate as next of kin in their cell address book, creating entries such as "ICE -- Dad" or "ICE -- 1."
Chad Newsome, Public Information Officer for the Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad, pointed out that EMT's and police often waste valuable time trying to figure out who your emergency contact is when disaster strikes. To make things more difficult, most people list their spouse by name in their cell phone, making them indistinguishable from names in their electronic address book. But the acronym ICE can be used to clearly identify a family member of friend who can be contacted in an emergency to provide vital information or to ensure the others are aware of the situation involving their loved one.
"The concept can be a time and life saver in many situations, from routine events to the major catastrophes," stated Buchanan. "This gives EMT's and other emergency responders a way of finding the appropriate contact in just a few seconds."
The EMS Coordinators, who are the Chief Emergency Medical Services officers in each County have suggested that the address book entry for your "ICE" contact be entered with a blank space before the letters "I-C-E". If you have more than one emergency contact, you can add a number or title after the ICE entry. This will place the ICE information at the beginning of your address book, saving even more time for emergency responders.
"This is a simple idea that will save lives, the day to day applications are endless" Buchanan continued, "Alzheimer's patients who are lost, unconscious victims of tragedy and those with an altered mental status as a result of their condition can all be helped by a simple phone call to their ICE contact. And best of all, there is no cost associated with programming your phone in this manner."
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05/03/2008 :
First Aid and CPR Classes available! Contact the station by calling (908)735-4012 or via email at 45rescue@clintonems.org |
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