The Apple Watch continues to be recognized for helping save the lives of more people, with a summary of reports that focus more stories on life-changing events.
Reports appear regularly where a person has been in danger or in a life-threatening situation, only to have Apple Watch help you in various ways. In a collection of five stories about such events, the Apple Watch and its innovative features are outstanding.
The group, compiled by CNET It shows different ways Apple Watch provided help, from health-focused items to Siri Chief Digital Assistant.
A year ago, Heather Hendershot of Pomona, Kansas received notifications on her Apple Watch saying her heart rate was above 120 beats per minute, part of the Apple Watch’s high heart rate notification system. Notifications continued throughout the night despite the lack of symptoms, and Hendershot admitted that he thought Apple’s wearable device was wrong because “I couldn’t feel my heart racing.”
The following day, Henderson was taken to an urgent care clinic as a precautionary measure, resulting in a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. “It wasn’t until I heard doctors mention the ICU that I realized how serious the whole situation was,” said Henderson.
“I am not someone who checks your heart rate randomly,” she continued, “so I am pretty sure I couldn’t have detected it without the Apple Watch.”
Some changes in health features in watchOS 7 include new types of training and sleep tracking.
Another story by Jason Saucier from Orlando, Florida, in September 2019 caused Apple to use warnings of possible heart problems, a few weeks after he started feeling bad. “As soon as I put on the watch, it made a sound I had never heard before. I looked down and said it was on a thread,” says Saucier.
After going to work that morning and enduring the repeated alert, Saucier finally sought help in an emergency room after his coworkers said he was very pale. “As soon as I got there, the heart team attacked me and said it was close to cardiac arrest,” he adds.
After being discharged the next day, he received the same notification a week later, but went straight to the emergency room instead of ignoring it. Another five days in the hospital, with three on aFib, and he was discharged with new heart medications.
“It’s like a security blanket,” suggests Saucier of the Apple Watch. “I think it will probably be an ongoing thing for me for the rest of my life. And it’s good that I have this watch to help me monitor it.”
The Apple Watch encourages activity by closing its three iconic rings.
A third story discussed how George Kometiani, from Brooklyn, New York, lost weight and became healthier. At age 30, he decided to do something about his poor health, caused by weighing close to 300 pounds, including knee clicks and snoring.
On the advice of his doctor, he lost 30 pounds by changing his eating habits, but upon discovering that he lost muscle mass and snoring continued, he changed the strategy to one surrounding the famous Apple Watch rings. She made an effort to shut down her movement ring every day, as well as taking note of exercise challenges and other notifications of encouragement to get fit.
“It really helped me understand how much effort I needed to put into my day,” Kometiani insisted. “Those little things from a disconnected and non-judgmental point of view really help.” A year later, Kometiani had lost 100 pounds, as well as his snoring, joint pain, back pain, and headaches.
The report also includes stories that AppleInsider Previously covered, such as Kacie Anderson’s car accident and using Siri to call for help, and Toralv Ostvang from Norway getting police assistance after activating the late night fall detection feature.
More stories citing the Apple Watch as saving a life or improving someone’s fitness are likely to continue longer, and Apple has by no means finished adding features and functionality. In watchOS 7, Apple Watch will get new sleep tracking features, new types of health record data, changes in hearing health, four new workouts, a redesigned Fitness app, and a 20-second timer for handwashing.
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