ResQBand Tap Card
The red ResQBand Tap Card, printed “Use immediately” for an EpiPen or any epinephrine. One tap gives a helper the manufacturer's use instructions, Call 911, the address where they are and a button to alert your emergency contacts.
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Carrying neffy? The black Tap Card for neffy is printed “Spray into nose”.
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- Printed “Use immediately”: suits an EpiPen or any epinephrine
- The use instructions on the helper's own phone, with no app and no login
- Pinned Call 911 button, with what to tell the dispatcher
- A 5-minute timer once the epinephrine is given, and a summary to hand the paramedics
- A button for the helper to alert your contacts who opted in, by text (and phone call if they chose one), with the helper's location
- Opens in the helper's language: English, French, Spanish, Chinese or Punjabi
- The free ResQBand app for you: tap history, expiry reminders, food recalls for your allergies, spare cards and a school share link
- No subscription: the alerts and the app are free once you register the card
Overview
The red ResQBand Tap Card lives in a wallet, a phone case or the Thermal Pack sleeve next to the epinephrine it marks. A phone that taps the card (most phones can) opens your emergency page: who you are, where your epinephrine is, the manufacturer's use instructions, a one-tap 911 button, and a button the helper presses to text your emergency contacts who opted in, with the helper's location. The helper needs no app and no login, and it works even if your own phone is dead. You keep it current in the free ResQBand app, on the web, iPhone or Android, and every tap is documented for you or your organization's records. Carrying neffy? The black Tap Card for neffy is printed “Spray into nose”.
Tech specs
- Printed
- Red card: severe allergy, epinephrine inside, use immediately, call 911
- Format
- CR80 card, 86 x 54 mm
- Chip
- Locked ResQBand tap chip, read with the same tap as a contactless payment
- Helper needs
- A phone that reads tap tags: iPhone XS or newer, or Android with NFC turned on. No app, no login, no camera
- Always free
- The manufacturer's use instructions and Call 911, on every card
- Alerts
- Free once you register the card: live profile, tap history, and a button for the helper to text your contacts who opted in, with the helper's location (and a phone call for contacts who want one). No subscription
- What to tell 911
- Under the Call 911 button: the reaction, when the epinephrine was given and the street address, ready to read out
- 5-minute timer
- Epinephrine given notes the time for 911 and the paramedics, texts it to the contacts and counts 5 minutes
- Languages
- Opens in the helper's phone language: English or French, or Spanish, Chinese and Punjabi by machine translation
- Reminders
- Emails 30 and 7 days before your epinephrine expires, and the day after it's used, with a reorder link
- For paramedics
- A one-screen patient summary: allergies, age, weight, health conditions, drug allergies, daily medications, and when the epinephrine was given
- Spare and lost
- Link a second card to the same profile for the backpack or wallet. Report a lost card and its page hides your details and lets the finder message you
- School share link
- A read-only page for the school nurse, a camp or a sitter, always up to date, that you can turn off any time
- Your app
- The free ResQBand app, for you: on the web (add it to your home screen), iPhone and Android, with your profile, contacts, tap history, reminders, food recalls for your allergies and an ingredient check. The helper never needs it
- Carry
- Wallet, phone case, the Thermal Pack sleeve or the Wrist Band window
In the kit
- 1 red ResQBand Tap Card (CR80, 86 x 54 mm) with a locked tap chip
- Registration insert with your unique code
Questions
Red or black card?
The red card says “Use immediately”, so it suits an EpiPen or any other epinephrine. The black card is printed “Spray into nose” and is made for neffy. Both open the same emergency page, and when you register the card you choose your medication, so the page shows the right steps.
Is there an app? Does the helper need it?
The helper never needs one: most phones open your emergency page with a tap (an iPhone XS or newer, or an Android phone with NFC turned on), with no app and no login. The free ResQBand app is for you: open getresqband.com/account on your phone and add it to your home screen, and it opens like an app. The iPhone and Android versions are the same app, plus Bluetooth for the Temp-Alert Disc. Food recalls and the ingredient check work without an account; sign in with a code we email you (no password) for the rest. It's where you keep your profile and contacts current, see your tap history, link a spare card, make a school share link, and get expiry reminders and food recalls for your allergies.
Does it include the medication?
No. ResQBand Tap Card is a carrying accessory and emergency-information card. Epinephrine is supplied separately through our pharmacy partner.
What does the 5-minute timer do?
Once the epinephrine is used, the person helping taps Epinephrine given. The page notes the time for 911 and the paramedics, texts it to the contacts they alerted, and counts 5 minutes. At 5 minutes it says that if symptoms aren't better, the maker's instructions allow a second dose, and links those instructions. It never tells anyone to give a dose.
What do the paramedics see?
When they arrive, the person helping taps For paramedics and hands over the phone: one screen with your name, your allergies, and, if you add them, your age and date of birth, weight, health conditions, drug allergies and daily medications, plus what happened on that phone: when the epinephrine was given, how long ago, and when your family was alerted. It's in English or French. Your allergies also show under your name on the card's page. Everything here is optional, and anyone who taps the card can see it, so you choose what to add.
Can I have a second card, for the backpack and the wallet?
Yes. Order a second card, then in the ResQBand app choose Add a spare card and enter its code. The spare shows the same profile, alerts the same contacts and shares one tap history, so there's only one place to keep up to date.
Can the school nurse have the details too?
Yes. In the ResQBand app, make a share link for the school, a camp or a sitter: a read-only page with the allergies, the medication and where it is, the health details you added and what to do in an emergency, with your contacts' numbers if you choose. It always shows your latest details, it can be printed for the file, you can see how often it's been opened, and you can turn it off any time.
Will I hear about food recalls for my allergies?
Yes, if you add your allergies to your card. The free ResQBand app lists the official allergen recalls for them, from Health Canada and the CFIA, the FDA and the USDA, and you can ask for an email when a new one comes out. There's also an ingredient check: take a photo of the ingredient list (or paste it) and it flags words that can mean your allergens, in English or French. It never calls a food safe.
What if I lose my card?
Report it lost in the ResQBand app. Anyone who taps it still gets the use instructions and Call 911, but not your name or details, and it won't alert your contacts. Instead they can send you a message to get it back to you. Got it back? Choose I have it back. Gone for good? Link a new card as a spare and it takes over your profile.
What if the person helping doesn't read English?
The page opens in the language their phone is set to: English or French, or Spanish, Chinese or Punjabi, which are machine translated and say so. They can switch language at the top of the page. What you write for the page (where your epinephrine is, your medical note) is translated automatically too, with your own words shown underneath. Texts to your emergency contacts stay in English.
Can my contacts get a phone call too?
Yes, as well as the text. Once a contact has turned on text alerts, their invite page offers a phone call with each alert, and the ResQBand app lets you text them that offer. We ring them with a short confirmation call and calls start only if they press 1, so it's their choice. The alert call says who it's about and where the helper is, and pressing 9 during any call stops them.
Will you remind me when my epinephrine expires?
Yes. Enter the expiry date when you register the card and we email you 30 days and 7 days before it expires, and on the day, with a link to reorder. If someone taps Epinephrine given on your card's page, we email you the next day with what the page recorded and a reminder to replace it. Every email has a link to stop them.
What if the helper doesn't have a phone?
The card itself says what to do: severe allergy, epinephrine inside, use immediately, call 911. The digital layer is a bonus, not a requirement.
Is it a medical device?
No. It does not diagnose, treat or administer anything. In any emergency, call 911.
ResQBand is a carrying accessory and emergency-information card, not a medical device. In any emergency, call 911. Medical disclaimer.
How to use it
From kit to protecting you in about two minutes.
- 1
Register it
Go to getresqband.com/activate with the code from the insert. Add your name, where the epinephrine lives, up to two contacts and the expiry date, and we'll email you before it expires.
- 2
Carry it with the medication
Wallet, phone case, the Wrist Band window or the Thermal Pack sleeve. The card marks where the epinephrine is.
- 3
In an emergency, anyone taps
A helper holds their phone to the yellow ring (most phones can read it). The page shows your details, the epinephrine steps and Call 911.
- 4
One button alerts family
When the helper presses it, your contacts who opted in get a text with the helper's location. Every tap is documented.
- 5
Keep it current
Update contacts, the note or the expiry any time with the edit link from your registration email.