Derick Gant’s doorbell camera caught the moment when he had a stroke during training.
Toledo, Ohio –
A Toledo man attributes his Apple Watch and his active lifestyle for helping to save his life after having undergone a stroke during training.
Last July, Derick Gant was in the middle of his daily routine of jumping rope when the unexpected occurred.
“I had an incredible day,” said Gant.
Wanting to push itself a little further, Gant jumped for more than a minute without stopping.
“I did it. I went about 1 minute and 15 seconds,” he said.
But a few moments later, he collapsed.
“I slept there, not really knowing what was going on,” he recalls. “I couldn’t really move my left leg or my left arm.”
His Apple watch immediately detected the fall and displayed an alert, which he first ignored.
“He says,” It seems that you are in trouble. Do you need help? And I watched it and I will, “I’m going to go well in a few minutes,” he said.
But the symptoms did not improve and its left side was completely numb.
“I hit the clock and said,” Yes, I need help “, and the watch called all my emergency contacts. He called 911,” said Gant.
Paramedical paramedics arrived in a few minutes. In the hospital, Gant learned that he had undergone a stroke – because of the exit of his anticoagulants, which allowed a clot to go to his brain.
“I didn’t think it would happen to me, of course, but it was my fault,” he admitted.
Thanks to its rapid action, combined with a solid base, Gant made a remarkable recovery, almost 90% within 24 hours.
“Whether it is activity or to look at a diet, or to ensure that your blood pressure is well controlled, it is really the greatest predictors to live a longer life without other events,” said Dr. Mouhammad Jumaa, a vascular and interventional neurologist with Promodic.
Dr. Jumaa, who treated GANT, has also credited portable technology like Apple watches to help more patients reach medical care quickly.
“Over the past two years, we have had many patients who have come to activate their Apple Watch or activate a domestic apparatus,” he said. “This is a very positive change in the sense that you can really recognize the symptoms very early and call 911, where you know that this disease is important.”
Today, Gant is fully found, but he uses his experience as alarm clock for others.
“I have done the job halfway.” If you want to be your best, you have to be here to do it. “
May is recognized as the month of stroke.