Saving a plane passenger's life with Apple Watch

Accordingly, Dr. Rashid Diaz (43 years old), working for Hereford Hospital, UK, was on a Ryanair flight from Birmingham, UK to Verona, Italy. During this flight, an elderly woman had difficulty breathing and Diaz volunteered to help, after a crew member asked if there was anyone who was a doctor on this flight.

Apple Watch. (Illustration)

The woman was initially said to be unresponsive to Riaz's questions, but after learning that the woman had a history of heart disease, Dr. Rashid Diaz asked to borrow the Apple Watch from a flight attendant on the flight.

The doctor used an Apple Watch to monitor the woman's blood oxygen levels, which showed that her blood oxygen saturation was very low. Immediately after, Dr. Rashid Diaz requested an oxygen tank from the crew to support the woman until the plane landed in Verona. The woman was then given additional medical assistance and is said to have made a quick recovery.

Dr. Diaz said he used a lot of the knowledge he learned during the flight on how to use the Apple Watch. He also emphasized that this is a lesson in how we can improve the quality and safety of in-flight travel, with basic technological gadgets that can help us a lot in emergency situations.

Diaz praised Ryanair for the way it handled the situation, but said airlines should consider adding in-flight health diagnostics. Such devices can take vital health measurements such as blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation, as well as help determine if someone is having a diabetic emergency.

It should be noted that Apple lost a court case against a company that claimed that Apple had infringed on its proprietary blood oxygen measurement technology, which led to a ban on the blood oxygen measurement feature in certain Apple Watches.

HUYNH DUNG (Source: Gizmochina)

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