In a March crash on Interstate 280 in Toledo, one of the 911 calls to authorities came from the victim’s Apple Watch.
TOLEDO, Ohio — One of the victims of a fatal crash on Interstate 280 in March called 911, but it wasn’t him who made the call, it was his Apple Watch.
Depending on your Google Pixel Watch, Apple Watch, or Garmin Watch model, you could be wearing life-saving equipment.
“You hear a beep. You get a little message that says, ‘Call me at 10, 9, 8 minutes.’ It takes a few seconds,” says Tom Lawrence of CNWR Inc., an IT consulting firm in Toledo. , Said. “If he doesn’t respond, we can automatically call a series of emergency contacts or he can actually call 911.”
That’s not all SOS Crash Detection can do.
“It also sends E-911 your location and data and everything else so it can come to your location right away,” Lawrence said.
Jamar Winston with the Toledo Fire Department said all the information sent to first responders in real time is extremely helpful.
“We were able to arrive very quickly, get to the patient, assess the patient, treat the patient, and move them on to the next level of care,” Winston said. “Time is everything, and it is a very important technology that is available.”
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