activICE app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 3872 ratings )
Health & Fitness Medical
Developer: Radius Interactive
Free
Current version: 2.1.3, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 21 May 2013
App size: 26.69 Mb

How would emergency workers know your medical information in an emergency? Could they get in contact with your loved ones?

Introducing activICE...if hospitalized, activICE auto-activates, informing emergency workers of your medical & emergency contact information via notification on your iPhones lock screen.

It can also notify up to 5 of your loved ones automatically via SMS and e-mail immediately of your location and the hospitals contact information.*

activICE:

- Uses low power location services to activate when entering one of the 8500+ hospitals in the US, UK, Australia or New Zealand.

- Knows if you are hospitalized or just passing by.

- An alarm sounds upon activation in hospital.

- Warning prompts let you cancel before full activation.

- Stores emergency medical information.

- Displays your personal information on the lock screen when activated: Name, age, height, weight, blood type, hair & eye colour.

- Displays full medical information on lock screen, including: allergies, allergies to medications, medical conditions & current medications.

- Displays Emergency contact names & numbers on lock screen.


activICE + Live (optional In App Subscription):

- Well SMS & e-mail your emergency contacts with the full hospital information, internationally upon full activation.

Reviews:

9to5mac: "If you’re looking for added comfort in your life and don’t want to go crazy ‘shopping (changing) your background every few weeks, be sure to check out activICE."

App Picker: "This is one of those apps that you download hoping you’ll never need to use it but should a medical emergency arise you’ll be grateful for the app. What an easy, quick, and reliable way to ensure your loved ones are alerted to a medical emergency! I really liked that all you had to do was to enable the app and then everything was taken care of for you."

Extra Features:

- All medical/personal info is kept only on your phone.
- Your position isnt tracked, only proximity to hospitals.
- It always runs in the background.
- Even works when app is deleted from multitasking.
- Intelligently allows for passing by hospitals.


Its recommended you always have the following:

- Location services enabled.
- WiFi on for the most accurate location monitoring.
- Notifications enabled for sound and viewing.
- Cellular data turned on.


* Requires activICE+Live subscription, available as In-App Purchase

Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.