According to AppleInsider, a New Jersey designer detailed how she used AirPods and Siri for help after suffering a head injury in the studio alone.
Susan Putman, a 60-year-old floral designer, can often be seen working in a studio in a garage, listening to music through her AirPods. Luckily, her love of music will be what saved her after a traumatic one.
"I was making a four-foot-tall horseshoe-shaped wreath, and I looked back and I forgot that its box was on the floor," Putman told People magazine. "I must have been taking special care not to break the garland because I tripped and flew about 8 feet in the air and my head hit these metal rods."
After the accident, Putman realized she had been injured and had lost too much blood. But instead of standing up and trying to find help, she simply said, "Hey, Siri, call 911." ”
Putman then contacted a 911 operator who remained online until police and ambulance personnel arrived. She vaguely remembers two police officers arriving at the scene, covering her head with towels and calling for an ambulance.
"To be honest, if it were another 15 minutes, I'm not sure I'd still be here," Putman said. "There's no doubt about it — if I hadn't been wearing AirPods, I'd be dead."
After being taken to the hospital, Putman had several stitches on his head. She was diagnosed with concussion and spent a month and a half unable to look at any form of screen.
However, she later made a full recovery and can often be seen in her studio, still doing flower arrangement work and still listening to music on her AirPods.
There have been frequent reports that the Apple Watch helped save lives because the device is equipped with various health monitoring features.
In September, a 24-year-old motorcyclist was knocked unconscious after colliding with a van, but was taken to the hospital thanks to a fall detection feature on his Apple Watch.
In January 2021, a cyclist was able to call for emergency rescue with an Apple Watch after flooding along the Wye River in the United Kingdom.
And in November, a woman was repeatedly reminded that her heart rate was too low. The alerts led her to several hospital visits, and doctors later installed pacemakers for her.