Tap your profile photo in the top right.

TapAddnext to Emergency Contacts.

Tap one of your contacts.

The Health app and Medical ID screen on an iPhone

Use the search bar at the top if you have lots to sift through.

Select their relationship to you.

TapAdd Emergency Contactagain to include more contacts, then tapDoneto save.

The Emergency Contacts screens on an iPhone

you could do it right from the Phone app where youmanage contacts, too.

Here’s how:

Tap thePhoneapp.

If you’re inContacts, tap the person’s name.

Adding an emergency contact from inside the Phone app on an iPhone.

If you’re inRecents, tap theinext to their name.

TapAdd to Emergency Contacts.

Tap the contact’s relationship to you.

Final steps to add an emergency contact in the Phone app on an iPhone.

This opens your Medical ID in the Health app.

Review the addition and tapDoneto save.

Tap the red minus next to the contact and then confirm by pressingDelete.

How Do I Get Emergency Contacts on My Locked iPhone?

SlideMedical IDleft to right.

The user’s Medical ID appears.

Tap one of the phone numbers in theEmergency Contactssection to call that contact.

There you’ll see options under Government Alerts heading that you might turn off.

To deliver these notifications silently, selectEmergency Alertsand turn off the switch next to Always Play Sound.

Hold theSide buttonand aVolume button, or press the Side button five times.

Swipe right onSOS, then the emergency call will go through after a short countdown.