How to Choose Your Emergency Contacts (and Set Up Your Phone)
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Your emergency contacts are only useful if they can respond. Here is how to choose them well.
Pick people who will actually answer
Choose people who usually pick up their phone and live or work near you. A parent who is far away and always in meetings is a poor first contact. Aim for at least two, ideally in different places.
Mix family and friends
Include someone from your household and someone outside it. If you are travelling or at work, a nearby friend can reach you faster than family in another city.
Tell them they are your contact
Ask permission, and explain what an alert from SANRAKSH looks like so they do not dismiss it. Contacts who accept the guardian invite can receive alarms inside the app.
Add medical details
Add your blood group and anything responders should know — allergies, medicines, conditions. This information is shared only when an emergency is reported.
Review it twice a year
Numbers change and people move. Check your contacts when you renew your plan or change your phone.
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