My iPhone saved my life. Really.It also could have killed me with some poor feature designs...
Michael Gartenberg has covered the personal technology beat for more than two decades at places like Gartner, Jupiter Research and Altimeter Group. Most recently, he spent a few years at Apple as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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Last night I awoke, to find out to my surprise, I had died. Well, not really — but what a great opening sentence! What did happen was, in a crowded room celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of a close friend's son, I fainted. A minute later there was someone giving me CPR, another oxygen. Some bystanders said I stopped breathing, another said I had no pulse. So technically perhaps I was dead. No matter.
Dead like Mike
In the confusion, someone asked if they had my medical history, medications etc. My amazing wife pulled out my iPhone from my jacket, went to the emergency screen, and pulled up my Medical ID. There it was, any information an EMT or docto...
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My iPhone saved my life. Really.
