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Thanks Dwayne we just learned about this in class.

Cell phones are sometimes used as triggering devices for bombs. I don't know the scenario you found this hypothetical patient in, but I am not playing with something that can trigger an explosion, or be the bomb itself (Paranoia can sometimes pay off). Then, there is the small possibility that the number you think is for In Case of Emergency, is actually programmed in for the actor/rapper "Ice Tea", as I have mentioned both here, and in JEMS.

The OP on this string has reopened an old discussion. Therefore, I'll repeat myself (actually, the Instructor/Coordinators at the FDNY EMS Command Academy), that the scoop type stretcher does not provide support directly under the spine. Others state that no pressure on the spine is a good idea. I am not into the research end of the biz, so until the medical director, and the NY State DoH tell me otherwise... By the way, I seem to recall that one can transport a patient on a scoop to where they can be placed onto the long spine board, and the combination is allowed, but I'd probably be "writ up" if I left the patient on the scoop only, on top of the wheeled stretcher.

The Scoop.. Is what was formerly known as, the orthopedic stretcher, great for hip fx's, etc.. But I've read that it's no longer suggested for suspected fractures of the spine. Perhaps the newer models with the same principals are okay, but we still have a one with a Velcro "Pillow", instead of fully supported structure. Horrible idea. I have scooped onto a spine board in a patient with severe pain.