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| jcuadra:
OK this app that runs on an Apple watch with no-motion detection is promising: https://becklar.com/workforce-safety/ |
| Halcyon:
Most of the "brand name" smart watches will detect heart anomalies including Garmin, Google, Samsung and Apple. Both high and low heart rates are detected, however I don't know if that extends to no or irregular heart rhythm. Many will also detect a fall and notify your emergency contacts. EDIT: Seems as though the Apple Watch does do some additional detection, you'd have to see if the others do as well https://www.apple.com/healthcare/docs/site/Apple_Watch_Arrhythmia_Detection.pdf |
| dobsonr741:
Apple Watch has fall detection. It might serve you well. “If your watch detects that you've been immobile for about a minute, it will make the call automatically.“ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208944 |
| jcuadra:
Android watches have it too now https://blog.google/products/pixel/fall-detection-on-pixel-watch/ |
| Veteran68:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on December 05, 2023, 11:15:20 pm ---EDIT: Seems as though the Apple Watch does do some additional detection, you'd have to see if the others do as well https://www.apple.com/healthcare/docs/site/Apple_Watch_Arrhythmia_Detection.pdf --- End quote --- Side note: I owe my life to my Apple Watch. Out of the blue, and without any physical symptoms, it detected some afib events over one weekend last December (2022). I thought it a fluke at first and didn't pay much attention to it, as it stopped after a couple of days and again I felt no symptoms. However it nagged at me so a few days later I made an appointment with my doctor to check it out. An EKG showed no afib by then, but kudos to my doctor -- he ordered a 30-day heart monitor which detected a few minor rhythm anomalies, so he ordered a nuclear stress test in early February. The imaging showed reduced blood flow, signs of possible blockage, leading to a heart cath procedure in late February. That's where they discovered a 90% blockage of my LAD and another artery, and 100% blockage of a smaller vessel. A "widowmaker" in the making. Two weeks later, on 3/14/2023, I had a double-bypass operation. I was literally a walking time bomb. All discovered due to an apparently benign warning triggered by my Apple Watch. Having no physical symptoms, and getting regular physicals and checkups that showed no signs, this would have otherwise gone undetected until a potentially fatal event occurred. I wrote Tim Cook an email (his address is publicized and he had been reported to read customer emails) relaying the story, and in fact received a personal reply from him. |
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