I'm told that someone in London came up with this idea and that it's spreading around the world. It's a terrific idea - wish I'd thought of it.

Paramedics are looking at a victim's cell phone for clues to that person's identity and a contact person. You can make their job much easier with a simple entry in your phone contact list: ICE.

ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE, with the phone number of the person the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a lot of time. I'm told that paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it.

This could one day be important for you. It could be doubly important if you're a caregiver and someone at home is depending on you. We can't know if our local emergency response teams are up to date on this one yet, but there's nothing to lose and much to gain in an emergency. I've put it in my phone, and I suggest you do the same.