Alerthub system with two touch badge

1. An alert communication device comprising:

a first transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with one or more other alert communication devices via a first communication path;

a second transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with the one or more other alert communication devices via a second communication path;

a third transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with one or more alert activation devices via a third communication path; and

one or more of:

a visual alert system, wherein the visual alert system includes a plurality of electronically-controlled lights configured to provide a plurality of visual alerts, and

an audio alert system

wherein the alert communication device is configured to:

receive an alert signal from a first alert activation device of the one or more alert activation devices; and

transmit the alert signal to the one or more other alert communication devices via the first communication path and wherein the alert communication device is configured to indicate at least a portion of an access path between a predefined first location and a location of the first alert activation device in response to receiving the alert signal from the first alert activation device, wherein the access path is depicted by the plurality of electronically-controlled lights.

2. The alert communication device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a camera system.

3. The alert communication device of claim 1 , wherein the alert communication device is configured to:

determine that the first communication path is inaccessible; and

transmit the alert signal to the one or more alert communication devices via the second communication path in response to determining that the first communication path is inaccessible.

4. The alert communication device of claim 1 , wherein the alert communication device is configured to establish a communication channel between two or more client devices via one or more of the first communication path and the second communication path.

5. The alert communication device of claim 1 , wherein the third transceiver is a Bluetooth® Low Energy transceiver configured to determine the location of the one or more alert activation devices relative to the alert communication device.

6. An alert activation device comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert activation device to at least one alert communication device; and

two or more activation buttons communicatively coupled to the transceiver;

wherein the alert activation device is configured to transmit an alert signal via the transceiver in response to a user engaging at least one of the two or more alert activation buttons, wherein a type of alert signal transmitted by the transceiver is based upon, at least in part, a plurality of alert activation button press configurations, wherein the at least one alert communication device is configured to indicate at least a portion of an access path between a predefined first location and the location of the alert activation device when transmitting the alert signal using a visual alert system that includes a plurality of electronically-controlled lights configured to provide a plurality of visual alerts along the access path.

7. The alert activation device of claim 6 , wherein the alert activation device is a wearable alert activation device.

8. The alert activation device of claim 7 , wherein the alert activation device is configured to be affixed to an identification badge.

9. The alert activation device of claim 6 , wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit a location of the alert activation device when transmitting the alert signal.

10. The alert activation device of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is a Bluetooth® Low Energy transceiver.

11. The alert activation device of claim 9 , wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit a general alert signal when a first button of the two or more buttons is engaged and is configured to transmit a medical alert signal when a second button of the two or more buttons is engaged.

12. The alert activation device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one alert communication device is configured to indicate at least a portion of an access path between a predefined first location and the location of the alert activation device when transmitting the medical alert signal.

13. A alert management system comprising:

one or more alert communication devices communicatively coupled to one or more other alert communication devices and configured to provide one or more of a visual alert and an audio alert; and

one or more alert activation devices communicatively coupled to at least one alert communication device of the one or more alert communication devices;

wherein the alert management system is configured to:

receive, at the one or more alert communication devices, an alert signal from a first alert activation device of the one or more alert activation devices; and

indicate, via the one or more alert communication devices, an access path between a predefined first location and a location of the first alert activation device in response to receiving the alert signal from the first alert activation device, wherein the one or more alert communication devices are configured to indicate at least a portion of the access path between a predefined first location and the location of the alert activation device when transmitting the alert signal using a visual alert system that includes a plurality of electronically-controlled lights configured to provide a plurality of visual alerts along the access path.

14. The alert management system of claim 13 , further comprising:

one or more alert gateways,

wherein the one or more alert communication devices are communicatively coupled to the one or more alert gateways.

15. The alert management system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more alert communication devices include a plurality of alert communication devices and are configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with one or more other alert communication devices of the plurality of alert communication devices via a first communication path.

16. The alert management system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more alert communication devices are configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with the one or more other alert communication devices of the plurality of alert communication devices via a second communication path.