How To Set-Up Emergency Contact On Your iPhone?

(updated May 28, 2025)

Imagine this: so you ran in to an emergency situation, the only point of reference they have is your phone/mobile - BUT it's locked! People cannot access your phonebook, and your wallet doesn't have the emergency contact information as well.

It's a dead end!!! Especially if you do frequent solo backpacking or most of the time or you're doing solo flight on your activities - may it be personal or extra curricular.

To come prepared, there's a (native) APP in iPhone that allows anyone to contact an emergency # even if the phone is locked. With smartphones being handy and serving as a daily tool nowadays - something you can't leave behind before going out of the house, it's best to tweak and take advantage of its safety uses.

To setup your iPhone, follow these steps:

1. Open Health App. Then click your profile picture.

2. Tap on Medical ID and create one. Enter the items required in the fields.

3. Make sure "Show When Locked" is turned ON. You're all set.

4. Once all is setup, test it by locking your iPhone and tapping "emergency" on the lower left corner; then you'll see the *medical ID, tap it and it'll show your basic info in case of emergency.

I hoped you find this useful.

Till next time.

-Mac