There are several news related to Apple Watch and saving people's lives, sometimes thanks to the possibility of making an emergency call from anywhere and without the need to touch the buttons thanks to Siri, the SOS function or as in this case, thanks to the heart rate sensor that the watch incorporates.
This case happened in Florida, when an 18-year-old named Deanna Recktenwald, He received a notification on his watch that his heart rate was rising irregularly. In this case, the resting heart rate of the 18-year-old girl reached 190 beats per minute and thanks to the prompt reaction of the young woman and her mother, this saved her life.
Recktenwald, had chronic kidney disease and didn't know it
On this occasion the heart rate sensor warned the young woman that something was not working well in her heart and quickly the young woman's mother (who is a nurse) took her to the city medical center. Once there, the young woman was diagnosed early with a chronic kidney disease.
We cannot say that the young woman had died directly or anything like that, but the early detection of her disease was thanks to the Apple watch, but in a time of not being detected the young woman would have been in danger. For all this, the mother herself sent a letter of thanks to Tim Cook, and he publicly thanked the girl's mother for the compliment:
Stories like Deanna's inspire us to dream bigger and push harder every day. https://t.co/O7xJ9n1MHg
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) May 1th 2018
The important thing is that in this case and in many others the detection of the disease is early to be able to treat it without problems in the future, this time everything is relegated to the detection of the heart rate that the watch performs constantly while we wear it.
I don't know, but I think that if I get to 190ppm like that, I suddenly realize it, a clock doesn't have to tell me… I would say «uep», I haven't kicked myself, it's still Wednesday and I'm already tachycardic!… .. to see if it will be something sketchy ?.
The same in the US with the diet they lead and that lifestyle, because kidney failure at 18 is everyday, but more things would have to change in world health than making watches with a pulse sensor on the wrist ...
All the topin reason, the problem is that many do not know their own body although the girl must have noticed it for sure!
Regards!
"In this case, the resting heart rate of the 18-year-old girl reached 190 beats per minute and thanks to the prompt reaction of the young woman and her mother, this saved her life."
"We cannot say that the young woman had died directly or anything like that, ..."
Or yes or no, no?
in my case the alert reached 140, and I had already finished running for 40 minutes.
I had to go to the cardiologist and I had treatment for 1 month and until now everything normal
now I check my pressure every week
and in my case I had no symptoms (headache, ringing in the ears, etc) but it is because of the alert I do not realize that I had high blood pressure.
I am from Mexico and I try to exercise regularly, going for a run about 4-5km a day or at least 3 times a week. the maximum has been 70km in a month.