For several years, the Apple Watch It is a product focused on the sport we practice and our health. Calculate the calories we burn, the time we stand, the steps we take, the quality of our sleep, our beats per minute, our maximum aerobic capacity, etc.
Most of these features are extremely useful. Especially if we are athletes or have a particular medical condition. Sometimes such a device can literally be the difference between life and deathas happened to a 29-year-old woman in Cincinnati last week.
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As local media outlet WKRC reports, a 29-year-old woman named Kimmie Watkins still alive today thanks to his Apple Watch. Watkins had gone to take a nap as usual, but was interrupted by an alarm on her watch, having detected unusual activity for someone not engaging in any physical exercise.
His heart had suddenly started beating too fast, reaching 178 beats per minute. Something relatively normal if you’re exercising at high intensity but impossible if you’re sleeping unless something goes wrong, like in this case.
After receiving the notice and waking up, Watkins went to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism with a 50% fatality rate. This problem prevents the flow of oxygen to the lungs, which eventually leads to death. Most likely without his Apple Watch, Watkins would not have survived. These types of diseases are like a race against time. Surely it would have taken longer to go to the doctor and his chances of success would have been much lower.
These Apple Watch features are very good, and sometimes they save lives. We would like no one to have to use them, but that is impossible. Without going any further, this editor ended up in the hospital one morning for waking up with a blood oxygen level below 90. Would I have noticed that without the Apple Watch? Sure, but it probably would have taken longer, and time in these cases is essential. We hope you never have to use these features, but it’s always good to have them handy.
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