Fact Sheet

LegalZoom and Donate Life America are proud to launch the most comprehensive free ICE App to date. Saving lives is made easier with this simple tool enabling first responders to identify victims, any potentially fatal allergies, their physician, health insurer, emergency contacts, blood type, and desire to be an organ donor. For more chilling stats about the importance of the ICE App, continue reading.

For any traumatic injury, the treatment received within the first hour has a great impact on the survival outcome… substantially decreas[ing] morbidity and mortality. Remote communication by the means of cellular telephones or two-way radios could provide the vital link to activating emergency medical services. Personal contacts may also be helpful, particularly if they… occur shortly after the injury.^a

– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ICE Cold Stats

• 60 - Minutes after which odds of surviving an accident plummet^c
• 8 - Minutes in which first responders aim to respond to emergencies^b
• 5 million - Americans requiring emergency room visits each year because of motor vehicle accidents^h
• 76 - Percent of food allergy-related deaths following consumption of foods outside the home^d
• 8 - Number foods that account for 90 percent of food allergies (milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat)^e
• 5 million - Americans receiving life-saving blood transfusions annually^f
• 100,000 - Americans waiting for life-saving organ transplants (approx.)^g
• 12 - Frequency in minutes of another name being added to the national organ transplant list^g
• 18 - Americans who die each day waiting for an organ transplant^g
• 90 - Percent of Americans who say they support organ donation^g
• 30 - Percent of Americans who say they know how to become a donor^g
• 1 in 84 - Lifetime odds of dying because of a motor vehicle accident*^h
• 1.6 million - Annual number of emergency room patients who could not provide personal information because they were incapacitatedⁱ
• 0 - Cost of using the ICE App to give a first responder information he or she can use to save your life
• 30 million and growing - iPhones that support the ICE App^j
• 1 - Number of free ICE (In Case of Emergency) iPhone Apps enabling users to input medical conditions, medications, insurance provider information, blood type, healthcare directives, organ donation status, physician contact information, and potentially life-threatening allergies