The Apple Watch has already been accredited for helping save many lives over the last couple of years. And just recently, another life was possibly saved after the smartwatch helped a female identify a potentially life threatening health issue.

Apple Watch notified the woman regarding her unusual heartbeat

The story this time is about a 29 year old Kimmie Watkins from Ohio, US. She recently talked about her ordeal and shared how the Cupertino based giant’s Watch helped save her life. Kimmie said that she had been feeling lightheaded and tired quite often but couldn’t pinpoint the actual reason. She decided to simply sleep it off, thinking it was just caused by her skipping meals. On the other hand, the Apple Watch remained vigilant and mapped her heartbeat throughout her nap.

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After around 90 minutes, she was awoken to an alert which notified her that her heartbeat had been too high for an extended period of time. In other words, there was something wrong with her. The Watch tracked a heart rate spike of up to 178 beats per minute, which is quite high for someone at rest and not in the middle of an intense physical activity. Following this warning, Watkins sought medical help and the doctors revealed that she had a saddle pulmonary embolism (SPE).

Simply put, its a medical condition that is said to have a fatality rate of 50 percent and is basically a blood clot. According to Dr. Richard Becker, a cardiologist at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, this was the “most severe and life threatening of all because it’s a blood clot that saddles both the blood vessel to the right lung and to the left lung.” Watkins is currently under treatment and is on the road to recovery. Back in October 2022, Apple Watch had helped save a 12 year old girl from cancer, and earlier this year, a man was saved a from a potentially life threatening internal bleeding as well.

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