With EchoSOS, you have the right emergency numbers at your fingertips worldwide and transmit your location to any emergency service when you call.
The emergency card informs emergency services and first responders about your most important medical information.
EchoSOS shows you the nearest emergency unit throughout Switzerland and the current occupancy rate on site.
The official emergency numbers of over 128 countries appear automatically in the emergency app.
Swift help in an emergency
Works worldwide
Developed with rescue professionals
When you make an emergency call, the EchoSOS app transmits your GPS location directly to www.echosos.com. Any rescue service worldwide can then see where you are.
When travelling - with numbers from 128 countries
In the mountains and ski resorts
At small and major events
The Rega phone number, your health insurance company, your family doctor or personal emergency contacts? You can add more numbers to your home screen with just a few clicks.
Depending on your location, you will find specific services offered by our partners in the emergency app. You can see regional telephone numbers and further medical resources such as defibrillators at a glance.
«The Emergency Locator has been available to SNZ 144 Central Switzerland for some time. It has already been able to successfully locate people with medical problems several times.»
File your allergies, medication or organ donation wishes. Thanks to the emergency card, first responders and rescue workers can see your most important medical information even if you are unconscious.
Your emergency data in one place
Secure access thanks to EchoID
Create QR code with emergency card
You create your personal emergency card with the most important key medical data such as medication, pre-existing conditions, allergies, blood group, organ donation card and more. These are stored locally and securely on your smartphone.
Hospitals and emergency services in the partner network are equipped with EchoID Beacons. This gives them direct access to your personal emergency card, for example if you are unconscious.
Store your emergency card as a QR code on the lockscreen. First responders and rescue workers can then access it in an emergency, even if you are unconscious.
«I had to use this app and saved one of my relative's life in Austria. Great app and super useful. Thanks God this app existed and helped:in less than 10 minutes rescue was on spot and reanimated the person. Thank you»
The emergency app informs you about all emergency units in your vicinity throughout Switzerland and the current occupancy rate on site.
Overview of all Swiss hospitals
Growing partner network
Waiting times and additional information
EchoSOS partner hospitals inform users in the emergency app and on site about the current occupancy rate on the ward. This allows people to switch to emergency units with more free capacity. As a result, patients have shorter waiting times and hospital staff are relieved.
Half of all Swiss hospitals are already connected to the EchoSOS network. With the information on current capacity utilisation on site, free emergency units are better utilised and overcrowded hospitals are relieved.