The Apple Watch has had a trail of testimonies of its life-saving capabilities. From its fall-detection architecture to its health and fitness notification system, the device continues to perform creditably as a lifesaver. A 29-year-old Cincinnati woman is the latest person to have been reportedly saved by with the aid of the smartwatch. The woman, Kimmie Watkins credits her Apple Watch for saving her life because it helped doctors detect a serious blood clot in her lungs.
The woman hopes her story will convince others to consider availing themselves of technology for enhanced health and fitness. She says the Apple Watch can be helpful in a health sense. She was able to discover that she had a blood clotting disorder that never manifested itself before the incident. The Apple Watch can measure your heart rate for 24 hours and it can recognize irregular patterns when the user is asleep. If the heart rate is elevated during rest periods, the smartwatch can trigger an alert to the user.
Watkins was roused from her sleep by the Apple Watch’s alert of a heart rate of 178 beats per minute. She then sought medical attention where she was told that she had a condition called saddle pulmonary embolism.
The condition limits blood flow throw both lungs and a 50% fatality rate is reported for the ailment. Watkins was able to get treatment and she is happy that her sleep was routed by the smartwatch on that day. She feels that the outcome could have been fatal if she was not wearing a smartwatch.
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