Apple Watch saves life of a man whose heart stopped 138 times in 48 hours

Apple Watch's ECG heart sensor saved another life by sending alerts for a low resting heart rate to an user in UK. The watch saved the life of David Last, 54, after his heart stopped a shocking 138 times in a 48-hour testing period at the hospital.

His wife gave him Apple Watch as a gift on David's birthday in April this year. "If she hadn't bought me my Apple watch for my birthday, I wouldn't be here. I will always be eternally grateful to her for it. Apart from charging it, it's always staying on me now," he said.

According to a report appeared in The Independent newspaper, his heart resting rate dropped as low as 30 beats per minute. The normal range of heart beat is between 60-100bpm.


After some tests like a 48-hour ECG and MRI, he was detected with a massive heart blockage. The reports revealed that his heart stopped 138 times in 10-second intervals over a 48-hour ECG period.

The Apple Watch has saved several lives in the past across the world.

Apart from the current features, Apple plans to enhance features on 17 areas of health and fitness areas like heart health, sleep, women's health, mobility and more.