Name an emergency contact
Tell your phone who should be called if you cannot speak for yourself.
An emergency contact is one person, chosen from your contacts, that a paramedic can find on a locked phone.
They must be a contact first, and the relationship matters as much as the name.
Key points
- An emergency contact is picked from people already in your contacts
- It can be read on a locked phone, and the relationship is what helps
What to remember
- Tell whoever you name that you have named them.
- An emergency contact is read by a stranger.
Try this
Name one emergency contact on your own phone tonight, then tell that person.
Practice: Name an emergency contact. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.