Nurses call this Kansas woman ‘The Apple Watch Patient’. It may have saved her life


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  • Tuesday, 17 Apr 2018

An Apple Watch activity app shows completed move, exercise and standing goals for the day in this illustration image taken in Sydney, Australia, September 21, 2017. Picture taken September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed/Illustration

A Kansas woman whose Apple Watch started beeping when it detected her rapid heartbeat says she won't be taking the smartwatch off – it may have saved her life. 

Heather Hendershot, of Scranton, told the Topeka Capital-Journal that her new Apple Watch began beeping while she was watching TV at about 9pm on a Saturday last month. Scranton is in Osage County south of Topeka. 

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