Press the button. Help is sent.

A wearable duress button is a small emergency button worn on the body — clipped to clothing, worn as a pendant, or carried in a pocket — that sends a duress alert the moment it is pressed. It exists so a worker in trouble doesn't have to unlock a phone, open an app, or reach a wall-mounted button to call for help. The SolusGuard wearable duress button pairs to a smartphone over Bluetooth and sends the alert, the worker's location, and an automatic backup phone call with one press.

One press does four things at once. The button sends a duress alert to the worker's pre-set emergency contacts, shares their in-building or GPS-based location, posts the alert in real time to the team's Alert Feed, and starts a countdown on an automatic backup call. If the worker doesn't cancel the alert within a configurable window, their phone dials 911 — or whichever number your organization sets — on its own.

Extremely effective, because they remove the steps that cost the most time. A worker signals for help in seconds without dialling, explaining, or being overheard, and responders receive the alert with a precise location instead of having to ask where the worker is. Alerts reach co-workers, supervisors, and professional monitoring agents simultaneously across multiple channels, so a coordinated response starts immediately rather than after someone notices something is wrong.

Because it is always within reach. A wall- or desk-mounted button only helps a worker standing beside it, and an in-app button requires finding, unlocking, and navigating a phone — often impossible during a medical emergency, a fall, or an assault. A wearable duress button stays on the body wherever the work goes, indoors or in the field, and can be pressed discreetly through clothing without pulling out a device.

Yes. The SolusGuard wearable duress button holds two US patents covering this exact scenario, making it the only product on the market that can place an emergency backup call even when the smartphone app is closed or unresponsive. A locked screen, a backgrounded app, or a crashed app does not stop the alert or the call. This matters because a safety device that only works when the app happens to be open is not a safety device.

It measures 3.5 cm by 2.8 cm, one of the smallest Bluetooth duress buttons available. It can be clipped to clothing, a belt, a lanyard, or a bag, or worn as a pendant under a shirt. The point of that size is adoption: a device small and discreet enough to disappear into a uniform is a device staff actually wear every shift, and one that isn't obvious to anyone else in the room.

Yes. SolusGuard supports both audible and silent alarm modes, so a worker facing an escalating client or a hostile situation can call for help without a siren announcing it. Organizations configure the mode alongside the rest of the alert behaviour — who is notified, how long the backup call delay runs, and which number is dialled — and can set it differently for different teams or roles.

No. SolusGuard shares location only when the duress button is pressed or a check-in session is active — it is not a continuous employee tracking tool. Outside those moments, no location is collected or visible to supervisors. That boundary is deliberate: it keeps the product something staff trust enough to wear, satisfies privacy expectations, and avoids the battery drain that always-on tracking causes.