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Pixel Watch 3 Gets FDA Clearance For Loss of Pulse Alerts 30

Posted by BeauHD from the dying-alerts dept.
Google has received FDA clearance for the Pixel Watch 3's Loss of Pulse Detection feature, which will start rolling out to U.S. devices around the end of March. The Verge reports: The Loss of Pulse Detection feature is exactly what it sounds like: if the Pixel Watch 3 senses that you've lost your pulse through an event like a heart attack or an overdose, it'll send you a prompt. If you don't respond, it'll automatically call emergency services on your behalf. Back in August, Sandeep Waraich, Google's senior director of product manager for Pixel wearables, told The Verge that the Pixel Watch 3 is capable of differentiating between a genuine loss-of-pulse event and a person simply taking the watch off.
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  • Everyone who's anyone knows that the pros go with DocWagon [fandom.com].

  • until you heart stops beating and EMS arrives?
  • He has not had pulse for years.

  • We need tech to monitor for both heart attacks and stroke right as they are happening or even prior to symptom onset.I'm thinking a replace-monthly stickers or subdermal implant (charge, in that case) that can monitor brainwaves and heart rhythms, designed for elderly people or hypochondriacs. It can talk to a smartphone or something using ultra low power. Can't any of you slashdot nerds make that happen? It would be something they could wear for weeks or months before needing a replacement. It's not that c

    • This has monetization written all over it. The potential to rationally scare someone info buying this is excellent. Just advertise to hypochondriacs as a target market on TV . Bam. Who watches TV? Older people. Every single one has a health problem.

    • We need tech to monitor for both heart attacks and stroke right as they are happening or even prior to symptom onset.

      The markers capable for that are already monitored. But your point is silly. No you're not already dead when your heart stops. You're dead significantly after that. You are however in need of urgent attention, and if your heat stops and someone performs CPR while an ambulance gets to you your chance of survival isn't too bad, especially if that ambulance is already on the way while some passer-by is trying to in a panic fumble the number 911 into their locked smartphone.

  • I mean, it can differentiate between a user taking the watch off and having a cardiac arrest. I can just see the test scenarios...

  • Apple Watches already generate a bazillion garbage 911 alerts - such as crash alerts when no crash has happened.

    Now we'll be getting bazillion "Grandpa just died! " alerts.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by kackle ( 910159 )
      That's interesting because that's why we already can't have our house alarms directly call the police.
  • Even if the confirmation check was super-fast, how often will a first responder to show up, break down the door, and find you before brain death?

    I could only see a use for this if it made a godawful noise. And even then it would only be good for those who don't live alone.

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