AlarmBee
Panic button for medical emergencies at home
Epilepsy, a severe allergy, the first weeks postpartum alone with a newborn, recovering from surgery at home. Situations where someone is alone but needs a fast way to ask for help.
How it's set up
The person — or someone close to them — creates an AlarmBee account and sets whoever needs to be notified immediately as a recipient: a partner, a parent, a sibling. The button goes on the phone's home screen and stays there, ready.
What recipients receive
A siren and a flashing red screen the moment the button is pressed, and within seconds a GPS pin, a photo, and the same details by email — useful for understanding right away where the person is and what the camera sees.
What it doesn't do
The button has to be pressed by the person themselves — it doesn't automatically detect a seizure, anaphylaxis, or another episode, and it doesn't call emergency services. It helps a great deal when there are early warning signs — an aura before a seizure, the first signs of an allergic reaction, pain after a procedure — and there's still time to ask for help. When someone loses consciousness without warning, a third party calling emergency services remains necessary.