Sensor heart rate Apple Watch saved the life of the builder of Canada

Apple Watch can bring invaluable. Sensors in the device is not useless - they can even save a life. The British newspaper The Sun reported the story of 62-year-old builder from Canada, which was helped by "smart» Apple Watch.

During Dennis Anselmo felt a sharp discomfort and thought that got the flu. But when Apple Watch showed that his heart rate exceeded 210 beats per minute, Canadian realized that everything is much more serious. The doctors who carried out preventive actions, explained that if he had not appealed to the doctors, it is likely that during the night there was a second attack and would have a man could not be saved.




"When I'm feeling sick, I sat down and began to dig in the Apple Watch. At that time I wore them for a few weeks and began to closely monitor your heart rate. Usually, I have a low heart rate, about 50. For most people, the rate of 55-76 beats per minute, but when I saw 210 attacks, I said to my assistant, "Call the ambulance!"

Dennis collects watches in his collection for 35 very different models, so that when he decided to buy Apple Watch, his wife, Mary, took it without much enthusiasm: "At first, his wife was against it, but after the attack, agreed that the clock is" paid for itself " so now all my remaining hours to get away. "

Last year we talked about the American schoolboy Golf Hole, whose life is saved thanks to the Apple Watch. Pulsometer they also warned him that his heart rate is something wrong. Teen urgently sent to the hospital where he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis - a syndrome caused by muscle injury.

This story touched so Apple CEO Tim Cook that he personally decided to call the teenager. In conversation with CEO Paul promised to give him a new iPhone, as well as undergo an internship at Apple in order to improve theoretical knowledge and practical skills.