Although it would seem like a simple and reasonable task to expect every household to be able to have on hand, emergency numbers, contacts and their uses are rarely within visible for everyone to refer in case of an emergency.
Keep A List
Perhaps the first thing to do would be to find out the various support services available within the vicinity and to ensure all these relevant number are on hand in case there is ever a need for any of these support services.
Then the parent would need to teach the child the uses for these various numbers and what they should be appropriately called for.
Failing which having the general 911 number explained to the child will help the child should panic or the young age of the child not permit the understanding of deciding on the other emergency numbers and their relevant uses.
There may also be a need to learn about the law in a particular area pertaining to the use and execution of calling on the services of any emergency relief support.
These laws usually cover matters pertaining to the emergency hospitalization, civil inpatient and outpatient commitment, initiating court order treatment and federal health insurance portability and accountability act.
Ideally the standard emergency contact list should include various different elements such as a standard support person or persons that can be relied on to step in whenever there is an emergency to be dealt with.
These such persons should be knowledgeable in the family’s medical history and any other information pertaining to the health of the family member so they are able to furnish such information to medical personal should the need arise.
The contact numbers of mobile crisis teams, program of assertive community treatment teams, local hospitals and clinics in the vicinity, local advocates for advice and support and any other contact numbers that the parent deems important in case of an emergency.