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I do not want "Fall Detection" to dial 911 if I were walking, fall, and all I need to do is rest. I've been running on trails, stumbled and fell to the ground. I sat there and resting. But, I think by accident the fall detection dialed emergency services.

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  • 2 ideas to use with fall detection off: 1. Explain your situation in your “medical ID” in health app, but people may not look. 2. Keep a physical paper/laminated card etc that you can pull out and give to people with the explanation, phone numbers to call etc
    – JBallin
    Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 6:22

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Fall detection on your Apple Watch Series 4 is off by default unless you are age 65 or older. There's no way to get Fall Detection to do what you want, it's not configurable that way. I think your only option is to turn it off.

From Apple's Support document:

If you've entered your age when you set up your Apple Watch or in the Health app and you're age 65 and over, this feature automatically turns on.

If, for any reason, you decide that you don't want Fall Detection on, you can disable it in the Watch app on your iPhone.

  1. Launch the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap the My Watch tab at the bottom left.
  3. Tap Emergency SOS.
  4. Scroll down and turn off Fall Detection. The switch is to the left when it's off.

Turn off Fall Detection

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