Even if the victim is out cold, the watch will call for help and even pass along the location of the person who needs help. It can also call the user’s emergency contacts to alert them of a problem and will also include the location of the injured person. After the Sheriff’s Office received a call from the Apple Watch, a law enforcement crew called for help from King County Air Support to transport an injured skier. The only information known about the victim was that he was a skier and had injured one of his legs.
As the chopper gets closer, you can see the outline of the victim on the ground while someone else points out the first responders. After some in-air maneuvering, the helicopter was directly above the injured skier, and a member of the rescue team was gently lowered to the surface. The injured skiers were hooked up to equipment that allowed them to be pulled into the helicopter.
During the rescue mission, the team discovered that a second skier had hurt herself and could not walk. The decision was made to hoist all three people into a helicopter and fly them to a hospital to receive medical treatment.
If the first skier had not had an Apple Watch to call for help and automatically include his location, it is quite possible he would have died of hypothermia (freezing to death). The same fate may have awaited his partner and the other injured skier. Overall, this was another example of how the Apple Watch is a lifesaver.
