Comments on: Apple Watch Series 4 – Ask This Before You Buy https://almostpractical.com/apple-watch-series-4/ Home Organization, Time Management, Productivity Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Neena Nandagopal https://almostpractical.com/apple-watch-series-4/#comment-35808 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:02:40 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17504#comment-35808 In reply to Joe L. Miller.

Hi Joe,
Wow! That is an amazing story – and I am so glad that you were able to get the help you needed in time.
I love hearing the stories of how technology, in this case the Apple Watch, can be used to make life better.
I, too, am a die hard Apple fan and also upgrade my devices when the new version provides significant improvements over the old.
Thank you for sharing your experience and stay well!

]]> By: Joe L. Miller https://almostpractical.com/apple-watch-series-4/#comment-35673 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:33:27 +0000 https://almostpractical.com/?p=17504#comment-35673 I am 88 years old. My first Apple Product was at Christmas 1977 which I bought at a Computerland Store as a present for my children, 10 and 3. Today the one which was 3 at that time is today Sr. Vice President of Engineering at QUIZLET.

I was the first customer in Jacksonville, FL to have an Apple Watch Series 1. Then as soon as the Series 4 arrived I upgraded from Series 1 to Series 4. I had been waiting for the heart measuring function and the fall detection system.

The heart function may have saved my life. One day two months ago I was sitting at my desk in my apartment when I developed a significant pain just behind my breast bone and was aware that my heart rate was faster than normal.

So, I activated the ECG function. In 30 seconds my Apple Watch told me I was experiencing AFib – the first time ever for me – and I needed to seek immediate emergency medical service. I immediately drove myself to the emergency room at St. Vincent’s Southside. I told the receptionist my situation. The staff took immediate control of me. I showed them the ECG results on my watch. They immediately hooked me up to their EKG machine and confirmed that I was in fact experiencing an AFib condition. They admitted me to the hospital.

I can’t say for sure that the Apple Watch saved my life – but I can say it got me to go to the emergency room immediately and I did survive the episode.

BTW I have the least expensive Series 4 available with GPS + Cellular – 44mm.

If the next Apple Watch series has further advances in the area of health, I may buy that series.

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