How to Add Emergency Contacts on iPhone and Why You Should Do It

There are many features that only need to be activated in minutes, or even seconds, yet their importance surpasses anything else to the point that they could literally save your life. This description strongly applies to a feature on the iPhone that allows you to add “Emergency Contacts” to your “Medical ID” card, making it easy to contact them in critical situations. In fact, you can’t imagine the importance of this simple action and how it can save your life in critical health situations that anyone may encounter. If you don’t know exactly what we’re talking about, come with us on a quick tour where we’ll explain the importance of the matter, how you can benefit from it, and how to add emergency contacts on the iPhone through easy steps.

They are contacts on your phone with more authority than others, and these authorities we will talk about shortly can save your life. Firstly, you need to assign emergency contacts for two main reasons. The first (and one of the authorities) is that they appear on your “Medical ID” card on the iPhone. For those who don’t know, the Medical ID card on the iPhone is a screen that makes it easy for paramedics to access your important medical data directly from the lock screen. Information such as name, age, weight, height, blood type, medical condition, etc. can be known without needing a password to unlock the phone.

Note: If the medical ID card doesn’t appear, this means you need to activate it first through the “Health” app.

The only thing, and very crucial, that is not displayed on the medical ID card by default and needs special configuration is “Emergency Contacts,” and I believe now the complete picture is starting to take shape before your eyes. Having an emergency contact number on this card may be the most important thing anyone needs if they find an iPhone user lying on the ground – God forbid – or in a health emergency that prevents them from using the phone.

So, the first reason that might prompt you to assign emergency contacts on the iPhone is the ability for anyone to reach them without the need to open the phone at all. As for the second reason, emergency contacts receive a notification when you use the Emergency SOS feature, by pressing and holding the power and volume buttons, then swiping the “Emergency Call.” In Apple devices, this is done by pressing and holding the side button.

Another side feature: You can give a contact the authority to bypass silent mode when sending an emergency alert, this feature is useful for any contact regardless of being an emergency contact or not.