Aublic hospital employee named Julia Thompson posted on Facebook about an iPhone feature that could potentially help save your life during an emergency situation. At the beginning of the post she notes, “Many patients come in and we have had no way of knowing who they are or how to contact their next of kin. And their phones are locked!” What many people don’t know is that you can set up accessible medical information through your phone even when it’s locked, making it much easier for emergency responders to help you in a crisis situation.
The iPhone comes with a free app, simply called Health. The icon is a white box with a tiny pink heart in the top-right corner. It looks like this:
Once you open the Health app, a menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen. At the far-right of the menu bar is a Medical ID icon that you tap to enter any necessary emergency information. Below is a picture of the Health app dashboard, and a green arrow points to the Medical ID icon.