Apple Watch users’ testimonials have left a record of the device’s ability to alert about health changes in different states, but these notifications have rarely managed to wake a user up to save their life. Until today. According to the story of a 29-year-old woman, The Apple Watch alert was key to saving it from pulmonary embolism consequences.

Teen Kimmie Watkins from Cincinnati tells doctors her Apple Watch discover a life-threatening blood clot in your lungs and getting the appropriate treatment to avoid more serious consequences.

As Watkins told WKRC, he was taking a nap after feeling dizzy and out of breath. while you sleep, Your Apple Watch has detected an irregular heartbeat of 178 beats per minute. This triggered an alert that woke him up.

I’m so lucky, and if I didn’t run out of naps, my partner would probably find me sleeping on the couch, not really sleeping instead.

wake up, Kimmie sought medical attention and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. A condition with a 50% mortality rate that limits blood flow to both lungs.

In addition to describing the special circumstance that made her grateful for having the Apple Watch at the time, she also thought: the importance of utilizing existing technology.

It can be seen as very connected or something, but I think it can be helpful in terms of health, not just in connection with human perception.

As Apple explains in various publications and documents, heart rate monitoring happens through a somewhat sophisticated system called photoplethysmography. Thus, data is obtained from combining green LED lights with photosensitive photodiodes. Its purpose is to illuminate the skin and measure changes in the absorption of reflected light.

Of course, the process includes more complex stages to reach the final result that Apple saved the lives of thousands of users. It’s like a woman who collapses on the floor in a hotel room after aortic dissection.