The Apple Watch continues to help save lives. Since February is Heart Month, it only seems fitting that the latest report of a life saved by the Apple Watch is heart related.
Austin, Texas resident Mike Gomez credits the Apple Watch with helping to save his life after he received a number of irregular heart rate notifications and an Afib detection alert.
Thanks to Gomez taking action based on the feedback provided by his Apple Watch, he sought medical assistance at a nearby hospital. Thanks to getting treatment following early signs of the heart issue, Gomez likely avoided a stroke and other health problems.
Fox 7 Austin reports:
For Gomez, his Apple Watch was just another tool to track his workouts and monitor his calories.
However, on Jan. 24, Gomez got an alert he had never seen before: an elevated heart rate warning, followed by more notifications.
“The fifth notification that said we have detected, you know, atrial fibrillation. Contact your emergency. Contact your health professional immediately. And I was like, wow that’s pretty strange,” said Gomez.
Apple Watch can monitor your heart rate in the background while you’re wearing it. You can enable notifications from the Heart Rate app on your Apple Watch to alert you to high or low heart rates and irregular heart rhythms.
The Apple Watch Series 4 and later and Apple Watch Ultra 1 and later models include an ECG app for electrocardiograms. While Apple Watch SE models do offer support for heart rate notifications, it cannot perform an ECG.
