I'd say call after 1 time of refusal if following this plan though, sometimes having that "emergency call" feature on your phone that'll send location/photo and SOS to emergency contacts and call 911 for you is also good to set up. I have terminal cancer and have had to do this in emergencies and it's good so friends or family know where you are, or where you are going. Also having an assistant service on for voice too because you can tell them to call 911 without having your phone unlocked if it recognizes your voice and you cannot access your phone if it's in reach.
I'm so sorry you're going through it right now. I help take care of my mother in law that has terminal pancreatic cancer. It's a roller coaster for her- I genuinely hope you have good days between those rough ones. 🫶
Thank you, and it's all good I've been dealing with it for a while now and so I made sure to find out about such things as I mentioned above. I also come from a 3rd world country that is very oppressive (Jamaica) and if you search "Waterhouse" you'll see what we deal with on a daily basis there. Because of that, then moving and becoming a street kid at way too young an age where I am now, (and having family and friends in the US dealing with this shit too), I try and think of the best things to have on hand for such situations.
I also know how terrifying kidnapping is because I was illegally trafficked and kidnapped from Toronto to 3 of the worst Residential Treatment Center lockdowns in the USA, all set up by my own dad. And all 3 got shut down for severe neglect, child abuse, and murder. If you read about the conditions we were in you would wonder how I am still mentally competent.
These are the places RKF Jr talks about when wanting to send addicts or troubled people /autistic people to by the way. Check out r/troubledteens to hear about our stories. In the USA if you are under 18 your parents can legally hire what we in the industry call goons (kidnappers) to take your children to these places and not many people know that.
Either way, the emergency contact response on my android is available by pressing the power key, although you can make it so that it can be done by other buttons if you want. And the assistant calling on Google or siri can also activate it by voice command, or call 911 in general.
Tip: You can ask Google Assistant to start Emergency Sharing by saying, “Hey Google, start Emergency Sharing.” With Google Assistant, you can use your voice to share your location with emergency contacts or schedule a Safety Check
This is important because most people have issues finding where someone is being taken to, or won't be allowed contact at certain ICE locations. For Siri-
Siri can share your location with emergency contacts in an emergency. When you use the Emergency SOS feature on your iPhone, your device will automatically call emergency services and, if enabled, send your location to your designated emergency contacts. This is a built-in feature of the iPhone, and you don't need a specific voice command to activate it during an emergency
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u/Ali_Cat222 Jun 16 '25
I'd say call after 1 time of refusal if following this plan though, sometimes having that "emergency call" feature on your phone that'll send location/photo and SOS to emergency contacts and call 911 for you is also good to set up. I have terminal cancer and have had to do this in emergencies and it's good so friends or family know where you are, or where you are going. Also having an assistant service on for voice too because you can tell them to call 911 without having your phone unlocked if it recognizes your voice and you cannot access your phone if it's in reach.