Apple Watch's collision detection feature saves lives
Daniel Elan Dilger, who has worked as a writer for Apple-related media AppleInsider for 15 years, summarizes his experience when his life was saved by the Apple Watch's
Apple Watch Crash Detection saves another life: mine
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/11/04/apples-crash-detection-saves-another-life-mine
Apple devices use data such as gyroscopes and accelerometers to notify users when they may be involved in a collision, and send an emergency SOS if the user does not respond. There is a function called 'accident detection'.
It seems that Dilger's life was saved by the collision detection function. He was riding his scooter at the foot of a bridge to cross a highway at night when he fell and lost consciousness. It appears that he suffered a deep cut above his eye due to the accident, which caused him to bleed profusely. Dilger did not regain consciousness for five hours, but the Apple Watch's collision detection function sent out an emergency SOS instead.
Even though Dilger wasn't actually driving, the Apple Watch's collision detection feature determined that Dilger had been involved in a serious accident and immediately sent her location information within 20 seconds of the accident. Apparently the service was notified. Within 30 minutes, Dilger was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the emergency room.
Mr. Dilger seems to have noticed that his eyebrow area was sutured for the first time when he woke up. There were various scratches on half of his face, indicating that he had apparently fallen. However, Dilger said he could not remember anything about the accident.
'This accident was a frightening reminder of how quickly things can happen and how powerless humans are in certain situations,' Dilger said. Dilger also noted that given the amount of blood loss, it was clear that the patient would not have lasted long, and the combination of unconsciousness and bleeding was a dangerous condition that could cause brain damage. Therefore, Mr. Dilger said, ``I am grateful to live in an era where there is a reliable mobile device (Apple Watch) that can save the wearer in case of fainting.''
Apple's collision detection function also has problems, such as false positives when riding ski lifts or roller coasters. In fact, some experts say that the function should be opt-in to prevent false positives, but Dilger says, ``It is not possible to activate the function only when necessary.''
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In addition, Mr. Dilger was unable to properly contact his partner and family who had been designated as emergency contacts because the phone number registered as an emergency contact was an old one. Even if you update your contact information, the emergency contact information will not necessarily be corrected, so we recommend checking that the emergency contact information is not incorrect.
In Dilger's case, he shared his location information with his partner, so when his partner checked his location on the Find My app and found out that he was somehow at the hospital, he contacted the hospital directly to find out about the accident. It seems that it has been completed.
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