The Apple Watch May Have Saved This Teen's Life [Video]

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Posted September 22, 2015 at 8:46pm by iClarified

A Cape Cod teen is crediting the Apple Watch with saving his life. The 17-year-old Tabor Academy senior was at football practice when he felt something was off.

“I had pain in my chest and my back whenever I took some deep breaths,” said Paul Houle Jr. “After practice I went and took a nap, my heart rate was still at 145.”

Houle realized that something must be wrong for his heart rate to register so high for a prolonged period of time. He went to the hospital where he was diagnosed with heart, liver, and kidney failure. If he hadn't gone to the hospital, his condition could have been fatal.

“If my Apple Watch hadn’t shown me it was 145, I would have done nothing about it.”

Houle's father, who initially dismissed the Apple Watch, has since gone out and purchased one for himself and his wife.

After news of the story spread, Apple CEO Tim Cook called the teen to offer him an internship at Apple and a free iPhone.

"I got a phone call from a California number, and he said 'Hello, my name is Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.'"

Take a look at the video below for more details on the story.

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The Apple Watch May Have Saved This Teen's Life [Video]

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NotBuyingIt - September 25, 2015 at 6:20am

First time I've heard multiple organ failures. At 17, with those symptoms he should already have been monitored, let alone allowed to play football. Organs don't suddenly fail at the same time.

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Techno - September 22, 2015 at 11:25pm

Murica, most people won't do anything for themselves until they see an indicator. Certainly, you can always feel your pulse but the watch allows him to see it without questioning the issue. Most people die thinking they can just rest it off. It's called dying in sleep. I work and teach cardiology and health. Most people won't buy anything without a photo of the item, the watch gave him enough prof to make a choice.

SimonSays - September 22, 2015 at 10:50pm

Andoid wear and Samsung watches also save lives, oh wait, that never happened!

gamerscul9870 - September 22, 2015 at 9:03pm

That's Apple Watch for you Mukai!

joshWUa - September 23, 2015 at 3:50am

Ehh don't care anymore. I'm out of here I don't even know why I even post on this corny site.

joshWUa - September 23, 2015 at 4:23am

Phukai wins.

John - September 22, 2015 at 8:57pm

Incredible!

prostovanka - September 22, 2015 at 8:57pm

I'm an Apple Watch Owner myself and it is an amazing gadget but to solely credit the watch for "saving his life" is a bit much. If anything he should be thankful for the educators that taught him of what high bpm for prolonged time meant and the hospital staff for taking care of him. If it was the Heart BPM sensor to praise than you mind as well advocate for folks to use products that have a Heart BPM sensors on them such as Fitbit or anything else that doesn't cost $400-$17,000

Vic - September 22, 2015 at 9:03pm

The watch clearly saved his life, he had no other way of knowing

Murica - September 22, 2015 at 10:19pm

Definitely. I mean, before the Apple Watch people had no way to check their pulse. Are you going to a special school, son?

Murica - September 22, 2015 at 10:20pm

My reply is for the user above, the one that praises the watch.

stevenlacross - September 23, 2015 at 4:01am

This guy is just saying that if Apple invented a defibrillator and a doctor used It on him, he shouldn't be saying that the defibrillator saved his life, the doctor did, so the kid saved his own life by knowing that something was up and using the apple watch to verify that something was up