It didn't, and neither did the original article or the poster who suggested that study has resulted in features like this.
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76-Year-Old Gaston D'Aquino Latest to Say Apple Watch Saved His Life
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It didn't, and neither did the original article or the poster who suggested that study has resulted in features like this.
What does this have to do with the story about technology saving lives. And exactly how many lives were ruined to smartphone addiction vs how many were saved to even owning a smartphone?
And that was my point. Why are people bringing up studies when that's (detecting Mr. D'Aquio's elevated heart rate) a feature built into the watch?
This is very positive if the sensor on the watch is accurate.
Mine, apparently, isn't.
When I track a workout I sometimes check the beat rate, and I see random values. If I'm out of breath my rate cannot be 70/80bpm, it is obviously above 100bpm and that's the value I get after a usually, but sometimes it goes back to a low value, then above 100 and so on.
I didn't enable the warning since I don't trust it at all. Maybe my series 1 isn't working fine, maybe only a minority of customers have a similar problem.
I'll try again with a future version of the Watch, as I'm confident they'll improve the sensor and hopefully they'll introduce some more health related features, in the Watch or in third party bands.
Mine, apparently, isn't.
When I track a workout I sometimes check the beat rate, and I see random values. If I'm out of breath my rate cannot be 70/80bpm, it is obviously above 100bpm and that's the value I get after a usually, but sometimes it goes back to a low value, then above 100 and so on.
I didn't enable the warning since I don't trust it at all. Maybe my series 1 isn't working fine, maybe only a minority of customers have a similar problem.
I'll try again with a future version of the Watch, as I'm confident they'll improve the sensor and hopefully they'll introduce some more health related features, in the Watch or in third party bands.
He wanted credit for saving lives because he clicked on some opt-in link for health data collection.
I'm wondering how one would necessarily know when an elevated heart rate is a sign of a problem as opposed to experiencing something stressful for a short period of time or exerting yourself?
I guess it's pretty clear in this man's case, since an elevated heart rate while sitting in church would be unusual. However, I can see the situation getting muddy otherwise.
I guess it's pretty clear in this man's case, since an elevated heart rate while sitting in church would be unusual. However, I can see the situation getting muddy otherwise.
This is an asinine statement considering that smartphones is not an opioid which does ruin lives.
The watch feature kicks in when it thinks you are inactive. I've never had it trigger when I exerted myself, even when I went quickly from rest to exercise. As for how you would know, well if it's obvious (someone dumped ice water on you, sudden scare, etc) then you know. If not, best to at least let your doctor know so they can decide if it's worth running more test for.
Just a guess on my part, but when a medical problem comes on gradually over a long period of time, a person often doesn't notice that they aren't feeling as well as they should, but if the issue is correct quickly, a patient will suddenly realize how much they had been affected.
I have an original Apple Watch and can't use the feature, my life is not as valuable to apple
HA.. got a LOL from me on that one.
This is right. A common example is people who sleep with a lot of pillows are often experiencing a gradually worsening heart failure. They need the extra pillows to breathe comfortably. But they think they're fine and don't really notice that over the years they've been adding more and more pillows.
Yeah. We actually went to the ER because the Apple Watch alerted my wife about this. They monitored her for 2-3 hours, concluded it was an anxiety attack, and went home with nothing but a bill. Even after insurance covered most of the bill, we still paid enough that it was nearly as much as the cost of the Apple Watch in the first place.
So... you know... it's great that it can catch issues like this... it does have a noticeable false alarm rate. I've got a decent health plan and job, so I could afford to pay for that false alarm (and the watch in the first place), but I can imagine the false alarms having disastrous consequences for others...
Unfortunately, high blood pressure and high Cholesterol doesn't typically trigger a electrocardiogram test nor a trip to the cardiologist. Those meds are prescribed by your family doctor.
Within these stories, there is always "that guy".
This isn't right. Angioplasty involves inflating a balloon in a restricted artery to widen it. Stints are often inserted into the artery after an angioplasty, but not always. Either way, they are separate procedures.
Awesome. Unless you can't charge it every day, which in that case it's worthless.
I still struggle to understand why is it that the apple watch can't have more than 1 day of battery.
I still struggle to understand why is it that the apple watch can't have more than 1 day of battery.
Agreed. Further, the older generation always finds something they can attribute to the demise of the next generation. When my parents were growing up television addiction was ruining young people’s lives, when I was growing up it was video games that were ruining young people’s lives, today it’s the smart phone. Relax. Technological advances don’t turn us into monsters. It just further opens the curtain to reveal what has always been there but was previously hidden.