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Simona Kitanovska

A Smart Watch Alerted Man Of His Dangerously Low Heart Rate

David Last with his apple watch that saved his life poses in an undated photo. Last says his smartwatch saved his life when it alerted him to his dangerously low heart rate, after his heart stopped 138 times in 48 hours.(David Last, SWNS/Zenger)

Meet the man whose smartwatch saved his life when it alerted him to his dangerously low heart rate, after his heart stopped 138 times in 48 hours.

David Last, 54, received a new Apple watch from his wife, Sarah, 50, for his birthday in April. Straight away, the watch readings showed Last had a resting heart rate as low as 30 beats per minute, to as many as 2,885 times. Resting heart rates for an adult male are usually between 60-100 beats per minute.

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