A 32-year old New York resident William Monzidelis’ life was saved in part thanks to a notification from his Apple Watch, telling him to seek medical attention immediately. The Watch alerted Monzidelis that his heart rate was at a distressing level, following which he rushed to the hospital and underwent an emergency surgery (via NBCNews NY).
While working at his family bowling alley business, Monzidelis suddenly became dizzy and went to the bathroom, where he started bleeding. He then received an alarming Apple Watch notification, which he shared with his mother Nancy, who then drove Monzidelis immediately to the hospital.
On his way to the hospital while going in and out of consciousness, Monzidelis ended up losing nearly 80% of his blood. Upon reaching the hospital, it was ultimately discovered that he was suffering from an erupted ulcer.
“I was seizing in the car and bleeding all over the place, from my mouth, my rectum,” Monzidelis said, recounting his harrowing experience. Monzidelis’ blood loss was so severe, he said he had to receive a transfusion upon his arrival in order to undergo surgery.
“I lost so much blood that I needed a transfusion for the anesthesia to travel to my brain and put me out for the surgery,” he said.
“Hopefully my story can push them to use technology,” he said. “In my case, it was like a little angel watching me. It really was a magical device.”
The doctors said that if Monzidelis hadn’t received his smartwatch notification when he did, he would have not survived his medical emergency because he wouldn’t have paid attention to his life-threatening symptoms.
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You shouldn’t need a watch to confirm the obvious given the symptoms. The guy here is an idiot. These “iPhone saves life” posts are becoming excessive and are a form of clickbait.
Apples next commercial;
When bleeding profusely out of your ass and mouth aren’t enough of a tip-off to get medical help, now there’s Apple Watch to save the day!
Hahaha ?
So the moral of story is that when you’re fainting and blood gushing out your ass you shouldn’t go to ER until you receive notification from your watch?
Small typo: “which he shared with HIS mother Nancy”
Sort of like walking outside on a beautiful day and using the weather app to confirm that it’s nice out.
So, without his ? Watch, he wouldn’t have paid attention to his massive blood loss? ?