JAKARTA - Apple Watch is back in the spotlight after the Fall Detection feature helped save the life of a man in Cincinnati, USA. The feature automatically contacts the 911 emergency service when the user faints at home due to an undiagnosed medical condition.
A man named Mohammad Islam said the incident occurred while he was throwing garbage in front of his house. After turning around, he suddenly lost consciousness and fell.
"I don't know how long I was there. Suddenly my eyes opened and I was already on the ground sweating profusely," Islam said, as quoted by local television station WKRC.
He admitted that he had tried to stand up, but was unable to move his body. Not long after, he heard the sound of an ambulance siren that came after the Apple Watch automatically contacted emergency services.
Medical officers then took Islam to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. At the hospital, doctors diagnosed pulmonary embolism. The cause of the condition is still under investigation, but Islam has been allowed to go home and undergo treatment.
The Apple Watch he is wearing is a gift from his two daughters. According to Islam, his children always remind him to wear the smart watch every day.
"They also gave their mother an Apple Watch. Every day they call and ask if I'm wearing an Apple Watch," he said. Islam said his two daughters were very grateful because the gift turned out to save their lives.
He admitted that he had never specifically activated the Fall Detection feature. However, because he is over 55 years old, the feature is automatically activated according to Apple's default settings.
Previously, Islam had received several false warnings while working in the yard. The Apple Watch asked if he had fallen and offered to contact the SOS service. However, he did not expect the feature to actually call 911 automatically when it detected that he was not responding after falling.
Fall Detection was first introduced by Apple on the Apple Watch Series 4 released in 2018. The technology is designed to recognize a hard impact indicating that the user has fallen. If the user does not respond within a certain period of time, the device will automatically contact emergency services and send the location to the officer.
Over the past few years, the Apple Watch has been reported to have helped save users through various health and safety features, ranging from heart rate monitoring, atrial fibrillation detection, to vehicle accident detection.
Apple CEO Tim Cook previously said that stories like that are one of the proudest achievements during his tenure at the company. According to him, the first report on the Apple Watch that saved the user's life left a deep impression, and now Apple receives similar stories almost every day from its users.
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