Photo Credit: USA TODAY NETWORK/IMAGN
Syndication: The Augusta Chronicle
NEW YORK-(77WABC)
Every now and then, you’ll hear how the Apple Watch helps save people’s lives.
It can be in a car accident, asking Siri for help, alerting to a potential heart condition, and detecting whether people fall.
This time, a Long Island man has credited his Apple Watch with saving his life after a serious fall.
Last month, 25-year-old Peloton employee Brandon Schneider had to go to the hospital after suffering from severe abdominal pain for days.
Accompanied by his Apple Watch, the Peloton sales specialist went to the restroom in the hospital and after a few minutes in the bathroom, he lost consciousness.
Fortunately, Schneider, who uses his Apple Watch all the time for riding and hiking, was wearing the device at the time and it instantly detected his fall and alerted his father nearby.
Schneider said CT scans revealed that along with a fractured skull, he had life-threatening hematomas so he underwent emergency brain surgery.
The Apple Watch fall detection feature was first added with the Series 4, and it detects whether the user had a hard fall
. If the person doesn’t reply in 45 seconds, the Watch sends a message to a favorite contact and calls emergency services.
Long Island man credits Apple Watch with saving his life after serious fall https://t.co/DTwiEti0Ye pic.twitter.com/l2aIRe6zJP
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 7, 2021
