Officially, in terms of emergency care, the Apple Watch keeps an eye out for early warnings of atrial fibrillation (AF), unusual heart rates and serious falls. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of buyers claiming the Apple Watch has saved their lives, usually diagnosing an unknown heart condition before symptoms became obvious.
But this week, the Apple Watch has shown it might have more medical functionality than even Apple is aware of. The Apple Watch has managed to save another life — and this time via a condition that the watch doesn’t officially detect.
