EITHER apple watch continue to save lives. This time, the smartwatch was able to monitor and alert its wearer in time to potentially fatal internal bleeding. It is the most recent case of usable of the apple to stand out positively.
Currently, in its latest generation, the watch can monitor heart rate, oximetry or blood oxygen concentration, ECG, as well as detect accidental falls.
It’s a list of capabilities that has been expanded and refined with each generation, with notable enhancements. In fact, there are more and more reports of similar cases, in which the capabilities of the watch end up saving the life of the user.
Apple Watch detected the first signs of severe internal bleeding
More recently, a user on the Reddit platform (digital mold) shared his testimony of how his smartwatch saved his life. At stake is one of the most recent models of the Cupertino brand, the Apple Watch Series 7 released in 2021.
The man claims that his Apple Watch detected various abnormal activities in his metrics while he was enjoying a brief nap. This is where the precise tracking capabilities of Apple’s wearable come into play.
The smartwatch began to send various notifications, noticing the unusual increase in the pulse rate. However, both the Apple Watch and the iPhone it was connected to were in “Do Not Disturb” mode, so they went unnoticed.
However, the man would eventually suddenly wake up and see the various alerts. In a short time he contacted a doctor and, through a video call, the health professional asked him to send him his watch readings. The man did it in a short time through the watch and the Apple Health application.
Another life saved by the timely action of Apple’s smartwatch
Having received the reports collected by the Apple Watch, after having evaluated them, the doctor in question was able to detect signs of internal bleeding of considerable severity. So, deciding then to call the emergency services.
In a short time, the man was in the nearest hospital, in-depth examinations were carried out and the existence of severe internal bleeding was confirmed. In other words, the initial diagnosis was thus confirmed in the hospital, followed by the appropriate treatment.
It should be noted that Apple Watches do not directly detect the occurrence of internal bleeding. However, the symptoms caused by such physiological occurrences are in fact detectable by the most recent watches.
That was precisely what happened in this case, with the quick alert given by the Apple Watch, as well as the precise readings taken by the smartwatch, saving the user’s life.
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