I assume so, I was out of it. I don't really remember anything between going down and being found.
Three and a half years ago. The x-ray was straight after the op and I did question those bottom three to be told they're correct.
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Apple Watch Fall Detection Features Save Two Lives
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I'd just about come to the conclusion that I was the only one wondering that! (Even if it didn't have fall detection.)
Wouldn't it be banned by the rules? (Asked in utter ignorance.)
Careful with that logical commentary. Such a point of view resulted in me receiving quite a few thumbs down reactions. Incredible how some folks buy into the program...
We did.
My mom now 90, then 83, agreed to order one on Day One, when I explained 1) she was then older than grandma was when mom made grandma get a life alert, and 2) as I explained it to her she would be able to call for help if she fell but her phone wasn’t at hand, and 3) I expected eventually that fall detection would become automated.
I mostly wanted her to get it for Apple Pay and SOS calling.
Since then she’s happily upgraded to AW3 for cellular and AW6 for pulse OX.
She’s not fallen (she’s into doing squats) but last fall, the automatic pulse monitoring picked up a pleural effusion early that she, with inpatient treatment, recovered from. (I was overseas and flagged by a shared trend change and could see her resting heart rate was 30% above normal baseline.)
Too bad most old folks are old poops when it comes to new tech because this wrist gizmo is a great thing even for them.
You can try putting the watch in swimmer mode; that stops most issues with I am boxing.
My Apple Watch Ultra detected me having AFIB about a month and a half ago. This then got me to go to the hospital where they confirmed I did indeed have AFIB which I have not had before. The tech is pretty darn amazing.
Only if the airbags were manufactured by takata.
I like stories like this it offsets the whining of fall detection and crash detection don’t work.
From the news account of the Cincinnati story. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/ne...-procedure-after-smartwatch-call/70188678007/. Gotta figure off-duty police officer would be just as good at calling 911 as the watch ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --
But as he continued, Fryer eventually realized something was wrong. Fearing he wouldn't be able to finish the walk back to his home, he veered behind some trees away from the path where he said if he were to fall he may be seen by some people out and about. He made it about 30 more yards before collapsing.
"I blacked out because I don't remember going down and hitting ground," he recalled.
He regained consciousness within seconds and noticed an off-duty police officer and her husband who saw him nearby had quickly come over to help. But before they got there, Fryer was already receiving assistance. His Apple Watch had called emergency medical services and he awoke to an operator on the line.
"I rolled over on my back and I could hear the phone asking if it was OK to call for emergency services," Fryer said.
The officer spoke with EMS as Fryer, who had just awakened, listened. EMS responders weren't able to pinpoint why Fryer had fallen. They sent an ambulance and he was taken to Christ Hospital.
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One would need some special mental therapy if they used any watches while boxing.True, the Apple Watch senses unusual acceleration. Chopping firewood can cause the emergency question. Technology, no matter how great, we humans need to take responsibility while using.
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Lol. That’s detected by the sensor array on the back measuring vasodilation.
Wait, what was it that I said that was extremely negative? Honest question, because I genuinely do not understand how warning against straining emergency services is being negative.
My question might sound stupid but... is the fall detection feature activated on the Watch?
I ask this because in my old Series 5 I turned it off because of my work at the time (I was prone to do weird body movements and didn't want the detection to be triggered) and it wouldn't be hard to just forget about that...
But anyway, Apple is clear by stating that the Watch cannot detect all types of falls.
Boxing is a unique very contact sport. An opponent night not like your watch scraping their face. Not to mention the possible injuries to the wearer of the Watch. Applies to any contact sport. Have never witnessed a watch on football players, or even basketball players. Plus a fitness watch needs the design features for the fitness being done.
You know not all boxing is hitting people?
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Look at the hit & run victim's background and you'll be amazed at how ironic this story is.
Apple really did a great job at making the watch not just a tiny iPhone to wear on your wrist, but something completely different and focused on health. This is more of a "what makes this device worth owning?" rather than "how could we sell another thing to people?" type of thinking.
Two more determinations are needed.
1. The cost of a human life lost and the direct cost of saving a human life and the benefit of that life to family and society.
2. How many false alarms from all sources
At least in my opinion answering the question is not an easy one.
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