Emergency Call Button on Lock SCreen

Does the emergency call button on the iPhone lock screen call 911 or does it allow you to place a call without unlocking the phone?

I see this is an old thread and I happened to find it searching for information about the "Emergency Call" button. I just got my first iPhone, a 4S, on Friday.  I have had an iPod Touch 4 and iPad 2 for a while but they lack the "Emergency Call" feature so my question never came up before. Is there a way to make ICE contacts available when the phone is locked under iOS 5?  I can see this as a useful new feature to the "Contacts" app if there was a way to mark certain entries as "emergency contact" which would then make them, and only them, available for browsing and calling from the lock screen.

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    KB26459 How to prevent accidental emergency calls from a BlackBerry smartphone
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    I see this is an old thread and I happened to find it searching for information about the "Emergency Call" button. I just got my first iPhone, a 4S, on Friday.  I have had an iPod Touch 4 and iPad 2 for a while but they lack the "Emergency Call" feature so my question never came up before. Is there a way to make ICE contacts available when the phone is locked under iOS 5?  I can see this as a useful new feature to the "Contacts" app if there was a way to mark certain entries as "emergency contact" which would then make them, and only them, available for browsing and calling from the lock screen.

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    Check the bottom of this 
    http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Software-Updates/Lollipop-New-Features/m-p/955490#U955490
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