Emergency Contact and Medical ID

One of the newest features with the latest iOS 8 update is Emergency Contact and Medical ID. This is probably one app that could save your life. A medical ID card and emergency contact information accessible from the locked screen. If you have an iOS device running iOS 8, you can create a medical ID card with all your most important medical information that these anyone can see without seeing anything else in your phone. There's also a shortcut from the emergency screen that will dial your emergency contact.

Here's how to set it up:

Notice that with iOS 8, Apple has installed a Health app onto your device. It lets you add and import health and fitness information about yourself, both manually and from other devices and apps. Inside that app is the Medical ID.

Open the Health app, and you'll see Medical ID listed in the lower right corner. Tap Edit in the upper right corner and fill in as much or as little information as you choose. The data are things like Medical Conditions, Allergies and Reactions, Blood Type, and Organ Donor.

You can also add your emergency contact person here. That person must be listed in your iPhone Contacts app and must have a phone number assigned for the choice to be valid.

Fill it out, and that's it!