Friday, January 19, 2007

RealSlogans.com: ICE (In Case of Emergency) - Great Idea...

RealSlogans.com: ICE (In Case of Emergency) - Great Idea...

ICE (In Case of Emergency) - Great Idea...





ICE History
ICE came to life in Cambridge, England in 2005 when a paramedic, Bob Brotchie suggested people program their cell phones with emergency contact numbers using the acronym ICE to identify them. The movement to use ICE gained momentum after the July 2005 London terrorist bombing that killed 56 and injured hundreds. Since then the ICE concept spread to the U.S. where a number of states have adopted its use.
Several for-profit ventures have also emerged that offer a yearly subscription service to maintain personal emergency information. In Syracuse, New York safety professionals developed a highly recognizable graphic design and several tools and promotional materials to support the free use of ICE.
New York Compensation Managers (NYCM) is supporting the development of ICE through a cooperative alliance with OSHA to increase use of the emergency prepardness concept nationwide. The company has helped facilitate the initial production of the ICE Emblem, ICE Stickers, and an ICE Card. Samples of the ICE Tools and digital versions are available on this website for non-commercial purposes. NYCM is not looking to benefit financially from this program but only offer it as a public service.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Homeless people using 911 as a taxi

So its January and yes it is cold outside. 911 is requested from a payphone be a man that states he is cold and he needs to go to the ER to get warm.

The ambulance arrives and picks him up for a ride to the ER.

One minute later another 911 call comes in 1 block away for a woman in respiratory distress. The ambulance responding to the respiratory distress call is 9 minutes away.

Now lets imagine that the respiratory distress patient is your mother. This is where the moral and ethical questions comes in.

Do you dump the homeless guy back on the street and go to the respiratory distress or just take the homeless guy to the ER and hope the respiratory distress person is OK?