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NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
at 7.30pm at the Carholme Golf Club
Carholme Road
Lincoln LN1 1SE
Make it a date!

Please help with fund raising

Can you knit jumpers, sky-dive, organise a cake stall, coffee morning, jewellery party, car rally, a cross country cycle-ride across the width of England or Scotland, or pull together a dinner and dance?

If so YOU can be in our NKF fund raising team headed by Jenny Wing. There are so many different ways to help the NKF financially able to help kidney patients all over the UK; you can have old mobile phones recycled and you can join the NKF weekly lottery and have the chance to win £25,000 for just £1. What can YOU do to help us?

Get in touch with Jenny on 01909 544999 or email her on Jenny@kidney.org.uk with your plans and any questions and she will be able to help you from the very start.

(This information was taken from Kidney Life Magazine)

ICE(In Case of Emergency)

We all carry our mobile phones with names and numbers stored in the memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us (ambulance service) would haveour have our mobile phone, but wouldn't know who to call. Yes there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency?

Hence this "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) Campaign.

Statement by the East Midlands Ambulance Service
Ice could save your life, people involved in medical emergencies could be helped more quickly by using a simple tip to indentify and contact.

ICE stands for In Case Emergency and East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) encourages people to store easily accessible contact numbers in their mobiles phone under the name ICE.

The EMAS Communications Manager said "ICE" is extremely useful to all emergency services because it helps us contact the patients next of kin in an emergency. We can tell the ice contact where we are taking the patient and ask if they have a medical condition or are taking any medication . This enables us to give emergency treatment which won't conflict with their current medication or condition. It is important to ask your nominated person if they are happy been your ICE contact and to make sure they are aware if you have any medical condition.

I urge people to add ICE contacts to their mobile address book, it's an easy process and could help save your life. Just type ICE followed by the name of your nominated and save their number. More contacts can be stored under ICE 1. ICE 2 etc.

Even if you haven't got a mobile phone you can carry a card round with you with the contact names on it, the Secretary of the Lincs - KPA can supply a card.