The Apple Watch has been adjudged to have saved another life due to its heart beat monitoring functionality, the device detected an unusual pulse rate and a suggested user to go to hospital, thereby resulting in a diagnosis of tachycardia.
Ira Flatow posted on Twitter revealing his brother was "saved by his Apple Watch," which cautioned him about a higher than normal heart beat. The heart beat was in excess of 200 beats per minute, prompting the sibling to take a trip to the hospital according to Flawton.
Doctors issued a diagnosis of tachycardia, a situation whereby the heart rate exceeds the normal resting rate, which for most adults would be a resting heart rate of over 100 beats per minute. While such rates could be normal, as in cases where the person regularly exercises, it can also be considered abnormal for a variety of problems, which includes electrical issues within the heart itself.
My brother was saved by his Apple Watch. After he felt a rapid heart beat >200 bpm, his watch told him to "go to the hospital." He did and his tachycardia was diagnosed.-- Ira Flatow (@iraflatow) March 7, 2019
Flatow later went ahead to post comment from the brother on the accuracy of the Apple Watch, stating that "during the 15 hours I was at the hospital hooked up to the monitors, my monitors never disagreed with my Watch's reading. I checked many times."
In January, a man credited the Apple Watch Series 4's ECG New Hampshire which spotted atrial fibrillation. And later in February, a North Carolina native was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia following a similar Apple Watch notification, while another in Washington learned his atrial fibrillation returned via the device.
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