Apple Watches are true technological jewels. Apple's connected watches have been recognized for years as high-quality health monitoring tools and the data collected every day is a real gold mine for doctors.
It is not uncommon to hear about cases of Apple Watch which would have“saved his life”of a person in a critical situation. And this expression is far from exaggerated. The latest evidence dates back to last month. As the victim's father explains in an interview given to the media AppleInsider, his son was traveling to Peru.
Fatal altitude sickness
He was at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters when he developed an acute form of altitude sickness. Faced with the depletion of oxygen in the air, his body began to panic. He could no longer breathe and found it increasingly difficult to move.
Altitude sickness, well known in Nepal in particular, is a common pathology once you reach certain altitudes. Although in most cases it does not present major risks, some people may be more or less severely affected.
In this case, the consequences of this altitude sickness were terrible, to the point that the life of the 14-year-old boy was in danger. Fortunately, the people around him were able to monitorthe concentration of oxygen in your blooduntil help arrives.
The Apple Watch guided the rescuers
This data was in fact collected by his Apple Watch on his wrist. Thanks to this information, emergency services were able to understand the seriousness of the situation and arrive on the scene as quickly as possible. Without this data, treatment would have been considered less of a priority and the patient might have died on site.
Eventually everyone was able to return home and the story has a happy ending. Aware of the importance of the Apple Watch in this case, the young man's family wrote to Apple and Tim Cook to thank them for their work. The Apple CEO responded in a few words, checking in on the teen and wishing him all the best for the years to come.
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By : Keleops AG
