Apple Watch ‘Fall Detection’ Feature Saves 92-Year-Old Man’s Life
Jun. 20, 2020A 92-year-old American man has credited hisApple Watchwith saving his life after he fell 21-feet from a ladder last month. Jim Salsman, a retired farmer from Nebraska, is now recovering from a broken hip and other fractures after the accident.
According to a report from local news station KETV, Salman was trying to keep the pigeons away from the grain bin when he slipped and fell to the ground. Thereafter, theApple Watch auto-dialed 911using its fall-detection feature.“If I didn’t have this watch, I think that I would’ve been dead before anybody missed me,”Salsman said.
An American man last September claimed that the devicesaved his father’s life after a biking accidentin the state of Washington. Just a month earlier, an epilepsy patient in Australia is also said to have beensaved because of the watch. Apparently, the Apple Watch called emergency services when she fell after having a seizure.
Ever since its launch, there have been several examples of the Apple Watch saving lives around the world. A US doctor last year saved a person’s life by using Apple Watch Series 4 on his wrist to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib). Also last year, the device alerted an Apple Watch user in the UK about his low heart-rate. It revealed a serious heart condition that ultimately needed surgery.
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