They say that technology exists to make life easier for people. Without this maxim, technological evolution loses its identity. Apple is well aware of this, for those Apple Watches are much more than watches. And for this very reason, the latest Apple research revolves around AirPods that also protect health.
A few months ago, an Apple Watch SE saved the life of a woman who was unknowingly having a heart attack. As WZZM 13 reported, this woman from Michigan (United States) perceived that your Apple Watch had too high a heart rate. A fact that was alerting him to a greater urgency.
A key measurement against possible irregularities
According to the outlet, Diane Feenstra checked in the morning that her heart rate reached 169 beats. The most strenuous exercise she had ever done was climbing 12 steps, so she called her husband at her work and asked if she should worry about her. Receiving the answer to ask a doctor, she went to the emergency room where an electrocardiogram revealed that the woman had just suffered a seizure to the heart without realizing it.
The truth is that the woman exhibited some symptoms that could be attributed to heart failure, but he attributed the causes to simple indigestion or a small sprain in the shoulder. Fortunately, information from her Apple Watch, which she had received as an anniversary gift, led her to the tests that revealed a blockage of an artery
Thanks to the Apple Watch, the necessary surgery was able to remedy the situation without more than a tremendous scare involved. In retrospect, Feenstra acknowledges what The definitive thing was to be able to check your heart rate on the Apple Watch:
It’s such an easy thing to see what your heart rate is, if I hadn’t done that that morning, who knows, I might have had another heart attack which would have been fatal.
The medical capabilities of the Apple Watch are impressive. A perfect combination between precision, ease of use and constant monitoring that results in an early warning system that has already saved quite a few lives. That without counting the automatic calls to emergencies, for example. As Tim Cook has said on occasion, Apple’s greatest legacy will be in the field of health. We’ll see more steps in that direction with the release of the Apple Watch Series 8 this fall.
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