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Emergency contact information: saving lives when every second counts.

Many traffic accidents in Florida end up with people killed or severely injured. The emergency services’ rapid reactions and split-second decisions save many lives. In some cases the injured victim is unconscious or unable to talk, so how do ER medics and surgeons get the vital information about the patient they are trying to save? And who is going to inform the family that their loved one had an accident?

Since 2006 you can register your emergency contact information (ECI) with the Florida department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and 4 million Floridians have already done so. By giving the names and information of two contacts to be notified if you are involved in a serious car, motorcycle or truck crash in Florida, you avoid what happened to Christine Olson who took the initiative and made ECI possible.

When her daughter Tiffany was injured five years ago in Manatee County her family could not be located for more than six hours. By then, it was too late; Tiffany had died from her injuries.

Christine Olson founded TIFF (To Inform Families First) because she does not want other families to suffer like she did.

Just like St. Augustine, which just published the story, we are also spreading the word and asking you to register with the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles department, or to update your information if it has become outdated.

If you or a loved one has been involved and hurt in a car, motorcycle or truck crash caused by a reckless, negligent, distracted or drunken driver, call immediately the Ormond Beach auto accident attorneys of Johnson & Gilbert for a FREE discussion of your case.

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