I understand the watch will dial 911 about 30 seconds after a fall unless you interrupt that process. It will advise emergency services that you have fallen and advise your location.
I don't know whether there's similar for heart attacks, stroke, etc. Would be interesting to learn. The medical support people I've talked with recently see the watch as a worthy substitute for the older medic alert systems people would wear around the neck. I find all this quite persuasive personally. Janina 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi ET, > > Not Jonathan, but the watch has: > Emergency alerts > Fall detection > Heart monitoring, including EKG > > > I know from personal experience that the emergency feature on the watch works > quite well. A year and a half ago, when I was in a car accident, my watch > called 911, and also all of my emergency contacts. > HTH, > Donna > > > On May 30, 2024, at 12:14 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > Jonathan, > > In brief, how would an Apple watch benefit me? Thanks much. > > > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > > "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." > > -Helen Keller > > My e-Mail: > > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > > > On 5/29/2024 1:22 PM, Jonathan C. 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