Apple Watch Saved a Grandma's Life by Catching Heart Condition

An Apple Watch saved the life of 74-year-old Queens resident Marie Bourque, who woke up in the middle of the night last month with her watch alerting her of an irregular heartbeat, reports the New York Post . Bourque immediately went to the hospital, and avoided a potentially deadly stroke or heart attack. The smartwatch features a function that monitors pulses, which can detect potentially grave heart conditions. This is not the first case of the Apple Watch saving a user's life. Also in October, a New Jersey man fell down a mountainside and fractured his back. His watch automatically dialed 911 and first responders took him by boat to the hospital. A month earlier, another man's Apple Watch identified a hard fall when he fell off his bicycle and was knocked unconscious. An ambulance was immediately dispatched, and his emergency contact was notified. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found users can use the Apple Watches with 84 percent accuracy to determine whether they were experiencing potentially deadly rhythm issues.