Many people don’t like to imagine themselves in an emergency, but it inevitably happens. Not that an emergency is always practical, but some are more troublesome than others. In these cases, you may not always be able to rely on your workplace or doctor to call your emergency contact for you. Sometimes you won’t even be able to search your contacts yourself to make the emergency call.
That is why Android allows you to easily add emergency contact information to your phone. This way, it can be accessed quickly when the time comes.
What emergency information can you include?
Apart from adding an emergency contact, you can add your blood type, allergies, and other medical information. In theory, if you are in distress and a first responder can access your medical information, they will be able to see if you need a specific medication (such as epinephrine) or if you have any pre-existing conditions that will affect their response. medical.
How to set up emergency contacts on Android
Because smartphones are now almost in everyone’s pockets, Android has improved its security features to cover more than data privacy. He also wants to help keep you safe.
Some Android OS phone manufacturers have even made it so that emergency contact information appears as a note on your lock screen. This way, the user or the answering machine does not even need to unlock the phone. They can press the emergency button.
What if your smartphone is password protected?
Unfortunately, if you don’t have an Android device that allows you to access your emergency contacts from the lock screen, this password will keep you locked.
Before you start panicking, most of today’s smartphones come with specific features that allow people to access Emergency Data (ICE) from the lock screen. This includes emergency contacts and relevant medical information. You can check if your device has this feature by locking your phone and pressing the emergency button on the bottom left of your screen.
Set up an emergency contact on your phone
- Press on About phone followed by Emergency information. If you don’t see emergency information, go back to Users and accounts. There you can find the emergency information section.
- Enter the details of the information you want to store.
- For all medical information, press Edit information, followed by Info.
- To clear the information, press More followed by Erase everything.
Using the Contacts app
The Contacts app contains specific settings that you can also use to add emergency information.
- Start by opening Contacts. This is also known as your address book – it stores your contacts’ phone numbers and other information.
- Tap Menu. These are the three horizontal lines or dots in the left corner of the app.
- If your phone has the Google Contacts app, you must then add an emergency contact in the setting system.
Setting up an emergency contact on a Blackberry mobile phone
You can add your emergency information to the lock screen of your Blackberry device. It’s not necessarily a dedicated space for emergency contact details, but it’s a smart way to make that information accessible.
- Swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. Do this twice.
- Press on Security lock then press the Lock screen message.
- Enter your name.
- You can also enter the message you want to display on the lock screen before pressing to save.
Setting up the emergency contact on your Motorola smartphone
The lock screen of your Motorola smartphone can easily keep your emergency details accessible to anyone who does not know your password. Unlike the Blackberry, there is a dedicated space for it, so you won’t have to worry about forgetting anything that might be important.
- Press on Settings then Users and accounts.
- To proceed to Emergency information then configure the vital information.
- To view the information, the first responder would first swipe up on this lock screen.
- Right below the Android phone keypad, you can touch Emergency.
- Go ahead and double-tap the emergency information to view it.
With other Motorola phones ranging from 6 and above i.e. Moto g7 and Moto e6 you need to go to Settings then System, and About phone.
- Press the Emergency information option.
- Configure the information.
- To view the information, as the first responder would, swipe up on your lock screen.
- Just below the keyboard, tap Emergency, then Emergency information Twice.
Add an emergency contact to your Huawei phone
- Open Contacts.
- Then press My card, followed by Emergency information.
- Add your personal information, followed by emergency contacts and medical information.
- Now that you’ve added emergency contacts, you can go ahead and choose a primary emergency contact.
Adding an Emergency Contact to a Samsung Android Phone
- Similar to Huawei phone, first open Contacts.
- Then go to My card, followed by Emergency information.
- Enter your personal information, your emergency contacts and finally your medical information.
- Now that you’ve added emergency contacts from your lock screen, you can head to Emergency then Emergency information.
- Tap Emergency contacts and select anyone to make a call.
Unlike most emergency information apps built right into your phone, your Samsung’s lock screen will not allow emergency responders to dial directly. Even so, it is better to have access to some medical information than nothing at all.
Conclusion
You can’t really predict emergencies, but you can definitely be prepared for them. Accidents happen a lot and people suddenly get sick all the time. Having emergency contact is essential, especially if the person is unconscious or unable to answer critical medical questions.
Luckily for Android device users, first responders and others can access our medical data and call our emergency contacts. For the most part, all of this information can be stored on the lock screen. If your phone does not allow access to your medical data without a password, you can download a third-party application like Medical ID. This app will do this functionality for you.