Since Apple Watch Series 4 has a fall detection function, there have been some reports of cases where elderly people were saved by this function. However, there is news that a new man in his twenties has survived thanks to this feature.
Brandon Schneider, a 25-year-old employee of Peloton (an online fitness company), has been suffering from severe abdominal pain for days before going to the hospital, according to ABC7NY, a local media outlet in Long Island. To.
At that time, Mr. Schneider went into the bathroom in the hospital, and after spending a few minutes he lost consciousness. The last memory there was "washing my hands and wondering if something might happen", and then I remember falling to the ground, hitting my head, and whatever happened after that. He says he hasn't.
Fortunately, however, Schneider always wore an Apple Watch for horseback riding and hiking, so a fall was instantly detected and his father near him was warned. After the Apple Watch detects a fall, it will be sent to the emergency call service or emergency contact if no action is observed for the next minute. However, Mr. Schneider, who had fainted, naturally could not react at all and said, "45 seconds have passed (his testimony mom)."
A CT scan revealed Schneider's skull fracture as well as a life-threatening hematoma, and he underwent urgent brain surgery. "If I weren't in the ER (ER) when this happened, it would have been a different story," he recalls.
The fall detection feature on your Apple Watch is off by default, and is automatically enabled only when you set your Apple Watch, set your age in the Healthcare app, and are 55 or older. Otherwise, you'll need to manually enable it from the Watch app on your iPhone. Schneider is 25 years old, but he may have hobbies such as horseback riding and hiking that are at risk of falling, and it is speculated that he had enabled himself.
Equipped with numerous health-related sensors, Apple Watch can detect life-threatening signs such as atrial fibrillation, and it is not uncommon to prevent the worst.
In particular, the fall detection function strongly shows "consideration for the elderly" by setting the age setting to the automatic on condition. However, it is not free from the danger that everyone may fall unexpectedly and endanger their lives, such as feeling unwell or slipping, and it may be better to enable it manually.
