When it seems that everything is lost and you face the world from adversity, and your health status is another difficulty, technology has to be there to take a hand, and thus could live it in the first person Daniel Vallaire, whom Siri He saved his life.
Technology can save lives, and if not, they tell Daniel Vallaire, a 70 -year -old man from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who, survived a cerebral infarction thanks to Siri. Vallaire spent two days crawling around his house, entering and leaving consciousness, until Apple's voice assistant allowed him to make the call that saved his life.
Siri saves life thanks to voice commands
Everything happened in July last year, when Vallaire suffered a stroke that left him immobilized and completely only in his home. With anyone close to help him, he spent almost 72 hours in a desperate fight for his life, trying to get from the bathroom to the living room to find a way of asking for help. Without forces and with intermittent consciousness, he turned to the only thing he could still do: talk. “I said 'Hey Siri, calls Victoria Vallaire'. And he did “man said excitedly. Victoria, her daughter, had moved to California just a week before the incident, without imagining that her father would call her in such an extreme situation.
Thanks to the call, emergency services were able to go to Vallaire's house in time to provide help and transfer it to the hospital. Broward Health, the medical center where he was treated, shared his story last December, highlighting Siri's fundamental role in his rescue. The story of Vallaire has become a testimony of the real impact that voice assistants can have in critical situations.
Apple and health, always hand in hand
The story of Vallaire joins other cases in which Apple technology has been crucial to save lives. Siri, who for years has allowed him to activate commands with the voice through “hey Siri” or simply “Siri”, has been key in other emergencies of the same type. In addition, devices such as Apple Watch offer advanced functions such as falling falls, atrial fibrillation alerts and even the possibility of making emergency calls No need to touch the device. This is tremendously useful, since if you cannot move or reach the mobile phone, this functionality can make a difference.
The impact of this story has led many to reflect on the role of artificial intelligence and voice assistants when taking care of our health. For Vallaire, there is no doubt that Siri was his salvation: “If this had happened to me without the iPhone, I would not be here.”
Victoria, her daughter, has decided to return to Florida to be closer to her father after the traumatic event. Meanwhile, Apple continues to improve its assistance systems, integrating more and more functions related to health and safety. What for many is only a comfort tool, for others it can make the difference between life and death.
